1.4 Reasons for accepting Application The Application was accepted for assessment because: it complied with the procedural requirements under subsection 22(2) of the FSANZ Act it related to a matter that warranted the variation of a food regulatory measure. 1.5 Procedure for assessment The Application was assessed under the General Procedure. 1.6 Decision The draft variation as proposed following assessment was approved with amendments. The reference to silver chloride was removed from the amendment to the Table to clause 4 of Standard 4.5.1 for the reasons explained in section 2.1 below. The draft variation was also amended to make clear that the processing aids are permitted for use in the manufacture of wine, sparkling wine and fortified wine. The variation takes effect on the date of gazettal. The approved draft variation, as varied after consideration of submissions, is at Attachment A. The related explanatory statement is at Attachment B. An explanatory statement is required to accompany an instrument if it is lodged on the Federal Register of Legislation. 2 Summary of the findings 2.1 Summary of issues raised in submissions The Victorian Health & Economic Development Departments raised a number of issues. A private submitter raised one issue and a third submission from The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries supported the Application. Table 1: Summary of issues FSANZ response (including any Issue Raised by amendments to drafting) FSANZ has not proposed an Victorian FSANZ concluded that there are no acceptable daily intake for any of the Departments of public health and safety concerns processing aids and has therefore Health and Human from the proposed use of these proposed that the Food Standards Services, and substances as processing aids to Code be amended to permit each Economic produce wine, hence the use at processing aid to be added at levels Development, GMP levels is justified. consistent with good manufacturing Jobs, Transport Furthermore, when used correctly, practice (GMP). This differs from the and Resources these processing aids (with the approach used in the European possibility that some SO2 remains Union where prescriptive in the wine when ammonium requirements apply to the use of bisulphite is used) are removed these processing aids in wine from wine before bottling. The use manufacture. The departments seek of these processing aids will be clarification from FSANZ about self-regulated by industry as excess implications of setting levels for use use may impact negatively on wine for these processing aids at GMP quality, such as the removal of rather than following the prescriptive important thiol aromatics, an
1.4 Reasons for accepting Application The Application was accepted for assessment because: it complied with the procedural requirements under subsection 22(2) of the FSANZ Act it related to a matter that warranted the variation of a food regulatory measure. 1.5 Procedure for assessment The Application was assessed under the General Procedure. 1.6 Decision The draft variation as proposed following assessment was approved with amendments. The reference to silver chloride was removed from the amendment to the Table to clause 4 of Standard 4.5.1 for the reasons explained in section 2.1 below. The draft variation was also amended to make clear that the processing aids are permitted for use in the manufacture of wine, sparkling wine and fortified wine. The variation takes effect on the date of gazettal. The approved draft variation, as varied after consideration of submissions, is at Attachment A. The related explanatory statement is at Attachment B. An explanatory statement is required to accompany an instrument if it is lodged on the Federal Register of Legislation. 2 Summary of the findings 2.1 Summary of issues raised in submissions The Victorian Health & Economic Development Departments raised a number of issues. A private submitter raised one issue and a third submission from The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries supported the Application. Table 1: Summary of issues Issue Raised by FSANZ response (including any amendments to drafting) FSANZ has not proposed an acceptable daily intake for any of the processing aids and has therefore proposed that the Food Standards Code be amended to permit each processing aid to be added at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). This differs from the approach used in the European Union where prescriptive requirements apply to the use of these processing aids in wine manufacture. The departments seek clarification from FSANZ about implications of setting levels for use for these processing aids at GMP rather than following the prescriptive Victorian Departments of Health and Human Services, and Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources FSANZ concluded that there are no public health and safety concerns from the proposed use of these substances as processing aids to produce wine, hence the use at GMP levels is justified. Furthermore, when used correctly, these processing aids (with the possibility that some SO2 remains in the wine when ammonium bisulphite is used) are removed from wine before bottling. The use of these processing aids will be self-regulated by industry as excess use may impact negatively on wine quality, such as the removal of important thiol aromatics, an
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