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On August 19, 2024, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) issued Notification Circular-301-24 to announce the approval of several important updates to the Food Standards Code. These updates include the revision to added sugar claims and approval of a novel food and a processing aid. Food ministers were notified of the approval. If no review is requested within 60 days, the Food Standards Code will be amended accordingly.
Major revisions
Added sugar claims
FSANZ approves amendments to the Food Standards Code to correct a typographical error and remove a redundant term from the conditions for no added sugar(s) claims. Example revision is shown in the table below:
Revision | Before | After |
Removal of redundant terms | sugars: (a) in Standard 1.2.7, Standard 1.2.8 and Schedule 4 (except where it appears with an asterisk as sugars*’)—means monosaccharides and disaccharides; and... | Sugars: (a) in Standard 1.2.7, Standard 1.2.8 and Schedule 4—means monosaccharides and disaccharides; and... |
Novel food
FSANZ permits the sale of D-allulose as a novel food in Australia and New Zealand. Permitted food classes and levels are listed as below:
Food class names | Approved MPLs (%w/w) |
bakery products | 10 |
bubble gum | 50 |
breakfast cereals | 5 |
cereal bars | 5 |
chewing gum | 50 |
confectionery (but not chocolate) | 50 |
desserts (with or without gelatine) | 10 |
edible ices (including sorbet) | 5 |
frostings | 5 |
fruit spreads (but not chutney) | 10 |
ice cream | 5 |
icings | 5 |
imitation cream | 5 |
non-alcoholic water based flavoured drinks Note: A non-alcoholic water based flavoured drink does not include foods such as a dairy analogue, a fruit juice; a vegetable juice, a formulated beverage, an electrolyte drink, and an electrolyte drink base. Please check the approval report for more detailed definition. | 3.5 |
salad dressings | 5 |
sweet sauces | 10 |
syrups | 10 |
tabletop sweeteners Note: D-allulose may only be a food for retail sale if that food is a tabletop sweetener. | 10 |
yoghurt | 5 |
Note: An advisory statement to the effect that excess consumption may have a laxative effect is required for certain foods for sale containing D-allulose, as specified in Standard 1.2.3. | |
Processing aid
FSANZ permits the use of a protein engineered triacylglycerol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3) from a genetically modified strain of Trichoderma reesei containing a gene from Thermomyces lanuginosus as a processing aid in the manufacture of bakery products and other cereal-based products.
Substance | Technological purpose and food | Maximum permitted level (mg/kg) |
Lipase, triacylglycerol, protein engineered variant, (EC 3.1.1.3) sourced from Trichoderma reesei containing the lipase, triacylglycerol gene from Thermomyces lanuginosus | For use in the manufacture of bakery and other cereal-based products | GMP |
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