Food Standards (Application A1252 – Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger (gene donor: Penicillium oxalicum) as a processing aid) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 17 April 2023

Dr Nick Fletcher

Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 157 on 21 April 2023. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1252 – Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger (gene donor: Penicillium oxalicum) as a processing aid) Variation.

2 Variation to a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 18—Processing aids

[1] Subsection S18—9(3) (table)

Insert:

Glucoamylase, protein engineered variant, (EC 3.2.1.3) sourced from Aspergillus niger containing the glucoamylase gene from Penicillium oxalicum

For use in:

(a) the manufacture of bakery products;

(b) brewing; and

GMP