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Amendment on food additives

Australia

Dec 09, 2021

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) published an amendment to the Food Standards Code regarding food additives.  

The amendment authorizes the use of a mixture of steviol glycosides, Rebaudioside MD, which is produced by fermentation of a genetically modified Yarrowia lipolytica (Y. lipolytica), which expresses genes from the steviol glycoside biosynthesis pathway, as an intense sweetener.

 

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