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Notifying
Member: AUSTRALIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and
7.2):
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Agency
responsible:
Food
Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and
website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from
above:
Australian
WTO TBT Enquiry Point
Office of
Global Trade Negotiations
Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra ACT
0221
Australia
tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au
+61
2 6261 1111
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ],
other:
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Foods containing D-allulose sold in Australia (both imported and
domestically produced)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Approval report, Application A1247 D-allulose as a novel food;
Supporting Document 1 Risk and technical assessment Application A1247 –
D-allulose as a novel food.; (68 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: FSANZ has assessed an
application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to permit
the sale of D-allulose from enzymatic conversion of fructose by D-psicose
3-epimerase contained in Microbacterium
foliorum as a novel food in Australia and New Zealand. The
relevant aspects of this application are to amend the Code to:
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permit
D-allulose in certain foods to maximum permitted levels. For details, refer
to Attachment A in the Approval Report (refer to the link provided in 5
above);
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include an
energy factor of 2 kJ/g for D-allulose for nutrition information labelling
purposes;
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require the
label of a food containing D-allulose to carry an advisory statement about
the risk of a laxative effect from high intakes of some food classes;
and
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permit foods
containing D-allulose to make nutrition content claims about sugars including
no added sugar(s), provided existing claim conditions are met.
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Objective
and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: All applications to change the Australia New Zealand Food
Standards Code are assessed in the context of the following objectives: (a)
the protection of public health and safety; (b) the provision of adequate
information relating to food to enable consumers to make informed choices;
and (c) the prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct. FSANZ must also
have regard to the promotion of consistency between domestic and international
foods standards.
The objective
and rationale is to amend the Code to permit the addition of D-allulose to
food, subject to compositional and labelling requirements.
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Relevant
documents:
Australia New
Zealand Food Standards Code (English)
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-standards-code
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Proposed
date of adoption: Late October 2024
Proposed date of entry into force: Late October 2024 with a 15 month period of exclusivity for
D-allulose produced by Samyang, under their brand "Nexweet". An
exclusivity period can be requested by an applicant, pursuant to the current
Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Policy guideline on novel foods (https://www.foodregulation.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-08/policy-guideline-on-novel-foods.pdf),
which aims to protect commercially sensitive information and recognise
industry's intellectual property to the maximum extent possible. After the 15
months exclusivity period, the permission will revert to D-allulose from any
manufacturer. During the exclusivity period, other manufacturers are able to
apply for permission for their particular brand of D-allulose to be marketed.
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10.
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Final
date for comments: 18 October 2024
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available, of other body:
Copies are also available from:
Australian WTO TBT Enquiry Point
Office of Global Trade Negotiations
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra ACT 0221
Australia
tbt.enquiry@dfat.gov.au
+61 2 6261 1111
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