Food Standards (Application A1260 – 2-Methyloxolane as a processing aid) Variation
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 6 January 2025
Matthew O’Mullane, General Manager Risk Management and Intelligence
Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 174 13 January 2025. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.
1 Name
This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1260 – 2-Methyloxolane as a processing aid) Variation.
2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
The Schedule varies Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
3 Commencement
The variation commences on the date of gazettal.
Schedule
Schedule 3—Identity and purity
[1] Subsection S3—2(2) (table, before the table item dealing with ‘Nicotinamide riboside chloride’)
Insert:
2-Methyloxolane |
[2] After section S3—51
Insert:
S3—52 Specification for 2-Methyloxolane
For 2-Methyloxolane, the specifications are the following:
(a) chemical name—2-Methyloxolane;
(b) chemical formula—C5H10O;
(c) CAS Number—96-47-9;
(d) purity (on a dry weight basis)—not less than 99.9%;
(e) ethanol (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 450 mg/kg;
(f) furan (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 50 mg/kg;
(g) 2-methylfuran (on a dry weight basis)—not more than 500 mg/kg.
Schedule 18—Processing aids
[3] Section S18—8 (table, before the table item dealing with ‘Propane’)
Insert:
2-Methyloxolane | Infant formula products | 3 |
| Foods for infants | 5 |
| Formulated supplementary foods for young children | 5 |
| All other foods | 20 |