Food Standards (Application A1275 – Transglutaminase from GM Bacillus licheniformis 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.

23 May 2024

Matthew O’Mullane, General Manager, Risk Management and Intelligence

Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 168 on 31 May 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 A1275 – Transglutaminase from GM Bacillus licheniformis 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:

Transglutaminase (EC 2.3.2.13) sourced from Bacillus licheniformis containing the transglutaminase gene from Streptomyces mobaraensis

For use in

(a) brewing; and

(b) in the manufacture and/or processing of the following types of food:

(i) bakery and other cereal-based products, including pasta and noodles;

(ii) cheese;

(iii) meat products;

(iv) fish products;

(v) fermented dairy products;

(vi) egg substitutes;

(vii) dairy analogues;

(viii) meat analogues; and

(ix) fish analogues.

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