The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 11 May 2016

Standards Management Officer

Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1111 – Bacteriophage S16 & FO1a as a Processing Aid) Variation.

2 Variation to standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a schedule in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

This instrument commences on gazettal.

Schedule

[1] Schedule 3 is varied by

[1.1] inserting in the table to subsection S3—2(2) in alphabetical order

[1.2] inserting after section S3—32

S3—33 Specifications for Salmonella phage preparation (S16 and FO1a)

 (1) In this section:

a preparation means a Salmonella phage preparation (S16 and FO1a).

Salmonella phage preparation (S16 and FO1a) means a solution of a 1:1 blend of Salmonella phage S16 and Salmonella phage FO1a.              

 (2) Salmonella phage S16 in a preparation must comply with the specification in subsection (4).

 (3) Salmonella phage FO1a in a preparation must comply with the specification in subsection (5).

 (4) The biological classification for Salmonella phage S16 in a preparation is the following:

 (a) order—Caudavirales;

 (b) family—Myoviridae;

 (c) genus—T4-like;

 (d) species—Salmonella phage S16;

 (e) GenBank Accession Number—HQ331142

 (5) The biological classification for Salmonella phage FO1a in a preparation is the following:

 (a) order—Caudavirales;

 (b) family—Myoviridae;

 (c) genus—FelixO1-like;

 (d) species— Salmonella phage FO1a;

 (e) GenBank Accession Number—JF461087.

[2] Schedule 18 is varied by inserting in the table to section S18—9 in alphabetical order