Food Standards (Application A1271 – Cellulase from GM Aspergillus niger 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 16 April 2024
Jennifer Ford, Executive Officer, Section Manager
Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 167 on 29 April 2024. 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 A1271 – Cellulase from GM Aspergillus niger 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:
Cellulase, protein engineered variant, (EC 3.2.1.4) sourced from Aspergillus niger containing the cellulase gene from Trichoderma reesei | For use in brewing and the production of potable alcohol
| GMP |
[2] Subsection S18—9(3) (note after the table)
Omit the dot point list of protein engineered variants of enzymes in the note, substitute:
- Cellulase, protein engineered variant;
- Endo-1,4-ß-xylanase, protein engineered variant;
- Fructan β-fructosidase, protein engineered variant;
- Glucoamylase, protein engineered variant;
- Maltogenic α-amylase, protein engineered variant;
- Protein engineered enzymes used in the manufacture of various steviol glycosides.