Application A1212 - Beta-fructofuranosidase enzyme from Aspergillus fijiensis (Approval Report)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed an application made by Meiji Food Materia Co., Ltd to permit Aspergillus fijiensis as a microbial source for the production of the enzyme beta-fructofuranosidase as a processing aid in any food. On 4 November 2021, FSANZ sought submissions on a draft variation and published an associated report. FSANZ received three submissions. FSANZ approved the draft variation on 7 March 2022. The Food Ministers’ Meeting (formerly the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation) was notified of FSANZ’s decision on 21 March 2022.