Application A1248 - Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger (gene donor: Gloeophyllum trabeum) as a processing aid (Call for Submissions)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed an application made by Novozymes Pty Ltd to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to permit the use of a protein engineered variant of the glucoamylase enzyme produced by a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger. FSANZ has subsequently prepared a draft food regulatory measure. Pursuant to section 31 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act), FSANZ now calls for submissions to assist consideration of the draft food regulatory measure.