2.4.2.2 The provision of adequate information relating to food to enable consumers to make informed choices No issues have been identified for this Application relevant to this objective. The labelling requirements for this processing aid are discussed in Section 2.2.2 Labelling considerations. – 2.4.2.3 The prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct No issues were identified for this Application relevant to this objective. 2.4.3 Subsection 18(2) considerations FSANZ has also had regard to: the need for standards to be based on risk analysis using the best available scientific evidence FSANZ has used the best available scientific evidence to conduct the risk analysis which is provided in SD1. The Applicant submitted a dossier of evidence as part of their Application. Other technical information including scientific literature was also used in assessing the Application. the promotion of consistency between domestic and international food standards Section 1.3.1 describes the current permissions for various bacteriophages in different countries. The attributes of using bacteriophages as a component of food safety management systems to control bacterial contamination on foods has been described. the desirability of an efficient and internationally competitive food industry The food industry will make their own economic decisions, taking account of costs and benefits of using phage as part of their hurdle technology to control Salmonella to determine if it benefits their business. the promotion of fair trading in food The Salmonella phage has been permitted and assessed as safe in other countries. own risk analysis has confirmed this finding. It is therefore appropriate that the local FSANZ’s Australian and New Zealand food industries have access to the same technology which may have benefits to industry and consumers. any written policy guidelines formulated by the Ministerial Council The Addition to Food of Substances other than Vitamins and Minerals includes specific order policy principles for substances added to achieve a solely technological function, such as processing aids. These specific order policy principles state that permission should be granted where: the purpose for adding the substance can be articulated clearly by the manufacturer as achieving a solely technological function (i.e. the ‘stated purpose’) the addition of the substance to food is safe for human consumption the amounts added are consistent with achieving the technological function the substance is added in a quantity and a form which is consistent with delivering the stated purpose no nutrition, health or related claims are to be made in regard to the substance.
2.4.2.2 The provision of adequate information relating to food to enable consumers to make informed choices No issues have been identified for this Application relevant to this objective. The labelling requirements for this processing aid are discussed in Section 2.2.2 – Labelling considerations. 2.4.2.3 The prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct No issues were identified for this Application relevant to this objective. 2.4.3 Subsection 18(2) considerations FSANZ has also had regard to: the need for standards to be based on risk analysis using the best available scientific evidence FSANZ has used the best available scientific evidence to conduct the risk analysis which is provided in SD1. The Applicant submitted a dossier of evidence as part of their Application. Other technical information including scientific literature was also used in assessing the Application. the promotion of consistency between domestic and international food standards Section 1.3.1 describes the current permissions for various bacteriophages in different countries. The attributes of using bacteriophages as a component of food safety management systems to control bacterial contamination on foods has been described. the desirability of an efficient and internationally competitive food industry The food industry will make their own economic decisions, taking account of costs and benefits of using phage as part of their hurdle technology to control Salmonella to determine if it benefits their business. the promotion of fair trading in food The Salmonella phage has been permitted and assessed as safe in other countries. FSANZ’s own risk analysis has confirmed this finding. It is therefore appropriate that the local Australian and New Zealand food industries have access to the same technology which may have benefits to industry and consumers. any written policy guidelines formulated by the Ministerial Council The Addition to Food of Substances other than Vitamins and Minerals includes specific order policy principles for substances added to achieve a solely technological function, such as processing aids. These specific order policy principles state that permission should be granted where: the purpose for adding the substance can be articulated clearly by the manufacturer as achieving a solely technological function (i.e. the ‘stated purpose’) the addition of the substance to food is safe for human consumption the amounts added are consistent with achieving the technological function the substance is added in a quantity and a form which is consistent with delivering the stated purpose no nutrition, health or related claims are to be made in regard to the substance.
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