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FSANZ Issues the Amendment No.198 Food Standards Code Variations

Written by Trace One | Mar 25, 2021 4:59:00 PM

On March 25, 2021, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand published various legislations collectively in the Food Standards Gazette Amendment No. 198.

The Food standard legislative amendments are provided as below:

  1. Food Standards (Application A1155 - 2′-FL and LNnT in infant formula and other products) Variation (https://fnmcompliancecloud.selerant.com/Article/262946)
  2. Food Standards (Application A1175 – Rapeseed protein isolate as a novel food) Variation (https://fnmcompliancecloud.selerant.com/Article/262761)
  3. Food Standards (Application A1180 – Natural Glycolipids as a preservative in non-alcoholic beverages) Variation (https://fnmcompliancecloud.selerant.com/Article/262910)
  4. Food Standards (Application A1186 – Soy Leghaemoglobin in analogue meat) Variation (https://fnmcompliancecloud.selerant.com/Article/262911)

This is the main information reported in the standards:

  • Restriction to the addition to infant formula product of inulin-type fructans and galacto-oligosaccharides
  • Specification for 2′-O-fucosyllactose and lacto-N-neotetraose including assays, physicochemical and microbial requirements in Infant formula.
  • Replacement of the term ‘gene technology’ with ‘gene technology of plant origin’ in Infant formula.
  • Infant formula products—substances permitted as nutritive substances
  • Specification for rapeseed protein isolate- Composition, purity, heavy metals and microbial requirements
  • Specification for sweet osmanthus ear glycolipids including physicochemical, microbial and heavy metals.

To view the standards, check out the Food News Monitoring System.