Call for comment on a processing aid for use in food

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to permit the use of a processing aid for the production of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (sc-FOS) from sucrose. 

The proposed use of immobilised fructosyltransferase from a non-genetically engineered strain of Aspergillus oryzae (A.oryzae) as a processing aid in food is technologically justified in the quantity and form proposed. 

FSANZ's assessment found no safety concerns with using this enzyme from A. oryzae. Similar enzymes from other sources have a long history of safe use in food. 

To have your say about this proposal, visit the FSANZ Consultation Hub. Submissions close at 6pm (AEDT) on 5 December, 2024. 

What happens to my feedback? 

FSANZ will consider all feedback received through this submission process before deciding on whether to approve the application. 

Submissions will be published to our website as soon as possible at the end of the public comment period.