Amendment No. 225

Amendment No. 225 to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code was published by FSANZ on 19 January 2024 (FSC 165)

Amendment No. 225 contains amendments to the following Schedules in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code:

• Schedule 3—Identity and purity
• Schedule 18—Processing aids
• Schedule 19—Maximum levels of contaminants and natural toxicants

The applications under which these amendments are made is as follows:

• A1243 – Harmonisation of marine biotoxin standards for bivalve shellfish
•  A1250 – Pullulanase from GM Bacillus subtilis (gene donor: Bacillus deramificans) as a processing aid
•  A1267 – Fructanase from GM Trichoderma reesei as a processing aid
• A1268 – Steviol glycosides produced by bioconversion using new enzymes produced by GM Escherichia coli