Food Standards (Application A1304 – Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase from Bacillus licheniformis (gene donor: Chryseobacterium cucumeris) for use 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 3 July 2026

Signature of the Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Nick Fletcher

A/g Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 194 on 16 July 2026. 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 A1304 – Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase from Bacillus licheniformis (gene donor: Chryseobacterium cucumeris) for use as a processing aid) Variation.

2 Variation to a standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

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

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

Schedule 18—Processing aids

[1] Subsection S18—9(3) (table)

Insert:

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) sourced from Bacillus licheniformis containing the endo-1,4-beta-xylanase gene from Chryseobacterium cucumeris

For use in the production of:

(a) potable alcohol; and

(b) starch and gluten fractions.

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