Food Standards (Application A1260 – 2-Methyloxolane as a processing aid) Variation (Cth)

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 section S3—52

[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