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Food Standards (Application A1291 – Glucoamylase 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 6 January 2025

The Signature of the delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

 

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 174 on 13 January 2025. 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 A1291 – Glucoamylase 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:

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

For use in:

  1.      baking;
  2.      brewing;
  3.      the production of distilled alcohol; and
  4.      starch processing for the production of glucose syrups and other starch hydrolysates.

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