Food Standards (Application A1278– Beta-Fructofuranosidase from GM Trichoderma reesei 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

Signature of the Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

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 A1278 – Beta-Fructofuranosidase from GM Trichoderma reesei 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:

β-Fructofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.26) sourced from Trichoderma reesei containing the β-fructofuranosidase gene from Aspergillus niger

For use in the production of short-chain fructooligosaccharides; and to produce a reduction in sugar levels in treated fruit and vegetable products

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