Download Adoption of recent amendments to joint food standards under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Notice, Amendments No. 197 and 198

• Can the description of the Notice please state: “Australian Amendment no. 197 and 198. These amendments are to:
• improve the protection of the public health and safety of consumers with food allergies, by introducing requirements that make allergen information clearer and more consistent;
• permit the use of ‘enhanced yield and herbicide-tolerant corn line DP202216’;
• permit the voluntary addition of 2’-O-Fucosyllactose (2’-FL), either alone or in combination with Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), in infant formula products;
• permit the use of rapeseed protein isolate as a novel food;
• permit the use of long-chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia (“sweet Osmanthus ear glycolipids”) as a preservative in non-alcoholic beverages; and
• permit the voluntary use of soy leghemoglobin in meat analogue products at levels not more than 0.8% weight for weight (w/w2) in raw product.