Food Standards (Application A1124 – Alternative DHA-rich Algal Oil for Infant Formula Products) Variation
he 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 22 May 2017
Standards Management Officer
Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 112 on 25 May 2017. 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 A1124 – Alternative DHA-rich Algal Oil for Infant Formula Products) 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
[1] Schedule 3 is varied by
[1.1] inserting into the table to subsection S3—2(2), in alphabetical order
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oil derived from marine micro-algaeSchizochytrium sp. (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) PTA-9695)
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section S3—36
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[1.2] adding the following after section S3—35
S3—36 Specification for oil derived from marine micro-algae Schizochytrium sp. (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) PTA-9695)
For oil derived from marine micro-algae Schizochytriumsp. (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) PTA-9695), the specifications are the following:
(a) full chemical name—4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3 DHA);
(b) DHA (%)—minimum 35;
(c) EPA (%)—maximum 10;
(d) *trans fatty acids (%)—maximum 2.0;
(e) lead (mg/kg)—maximum 0.1;
(f) arsenic (mg/kg)—maximum 0.1;
(g) mercury (mg/kg)—maximum 0.1;
(h) hexane (mg/kg)—maximum 0.3.
[2] Schedule 25 is varied by inserting into the table to section S25—2, in alphabetical order
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Oil derived from marine micro-algae Schizochytriumsp. (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) PTA-9695)
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1. May only be added to i
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