Download Adoption of recent amendments to joint food standards under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Notice, Amendment No. 234, 235 and 236

Australian Amendment no. 234, 235 and 236. These amendments are to:

• Permit the use of 2-methyloxolane as an extraction solvent processing aid in the processing and manufacture of infant formula products, foods for infants, formulated supplementary food for young children and all other foods.
• Permit the sale and use of food derived from a new food produced using gene technology: potato line BG25.
• Permit the use of a protein engineered glucoamylase (EC 3.2.1.3) from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger containing a gene from Gloeophyllum sepiarium.
• Permit the use of Vitamin K2 (menaquinone-7) as a permitted form of vitamin K in food for special medical purposes.
• Permit the use of an immobilised fructosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.9) from a non-genetically engineered strain of Aspergillus oryzae as processing aid in the manufacture of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (sc-FOS) from sucrose.
• Permit triacylglycerol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3) from genetically modified Komagataella phaffi to be used as a processing aid in the manufacture of bread and bakery products
• Permit the sale and use of food derived from a new food produced using gene technology: sugar beet line KWS20-1