Food

Draft Food (Amendment) Regulations 2024. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 3

SFA has completed a review of the Food Regulations and proposes the following trade facilitating amendments:

a.    Changes to permitted forms of steviol glycosides:

·        To replace the permitted forms of steviol glycosides listed in Regulation 18(1) with the four types of steviol glycosides produced by different production methods to align with Codex;

·        To allow the use of enzymatically produced steviol glycosides produced using the enzyme uridine triphosphate (UTP)-glucose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.9) from the source organism Bifidobacterium bifidum;

b.    Changes to use of permitted food additives:

·        To extend the use of L-theanine, a permitted flavour enhancer listed in Regulation 23(2), to salt substitutes, up to a maximum level of 15,000 ppm;

·        To extend the use of sucralose, a permitted sweetening agent, to "soybean-based beverages" listed in Thirteenth Schedule, up to a maximum level of 400 ppm;

c.     Changes to permitted ingredients in infant formula:

·        To allow the addition of new ingredients to infant formula (Regulation 252(6)), namely sodium salt of 3'-sialyllactose (3'-SL), sodium salt of 6'-sialyllactose (6'-SL) and 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), up to specific maximum levels; To increase the maximum levels of 2'-fucosyllactose (2'-FL) and Lactose-N-tetraose (LNT) allowed in infant formula (Regulation 252(6)).