New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 109

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✨ Food Standards Amendments



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 109

General Section

Australia New Zealand Food Authority

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Variations to the Food Standards Code (Amendment No. 55)

  1. Preamble

The variations set forth in the Schedule below are variations to the Food Standards Code (hereinafter called "the Code") which was published by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. P 27, on 27 August 1987, and which has been varied from time to time.

The Schedule contains variations adopted by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council in July and August 2001. These variations are published pursuant to section 32 of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991.

  1. Citation

These variations may be collectively known as Amendment No. 55 to the Code.

  1. Commencement

These variations commence on the date of gazettal, with the exception of Items [6] and [18] which will commence on 16 September 2001.

  1. Correction of Typographical Error

Amendment 54 published on 14 June 2001 contained a typographical error on page 3 (Item [1.3]). The reference to the Formula weight for Bromo-chloro-dimethylhydantoin should read "241.5" not "41.5".

Schedule

[1] Standard A1 is varied by –

[1.1] inserting in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule Part 1, Food Additive Code Numbers (Alphabetical Order), immediately following the entry for Natamycin –

Neotame Number pending

[1.2] inserting in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule Part 2, Food Additive Code Numbers (Numerical Order), immediately before the entry for Curcumin –

Neotame Number pending

[2] Standard A5 is varied by omitting clause 2A, paragraphs (a) and (b) and associated note.

[3] Standard A11 is varied by –

[3.1] inserting in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule, immediately following the entry for Natamycin –

Neotame Addendum 10

[3.2] inserting immediately following ADDENDUM 9, SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHYTOSTEROL ESTERS DERIVED FROM VEGETABLE OILS, the following –

ADDENDUM 10

SPECIFICATION FOR NEOTAME

Neotame (CAS Number 165450-17-9) is a dipeptide methyl ester derivative, and is prepared by the reductive alkylation of N-L-α-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester (aspartame).

Formula:
C₂₀H₃₀N₂O₅

Molecular Weight:
378.47

Physical Tests

Appearance: Powder

Colour: White to off-white

Solubility in water: 4.75% (w/w) at 60°C, soluble in ethanol and ethyl acetate

Refractive index: 1.3338
(0.5% aqueous solution of Neotame at 20°C)

pH: 5.80
(0.5% aqueous solution of Neotame at 20°C)

Octanol/H₂O Partition coefficient: Log₁₀P=0.917

pKₐ: 3.03/8.08

Chemical

Melting Range: 80.9°C – 83.4°C

Assay: Not less than 97.0% and not more than 102% of Neotame calculated on a dry basis.

N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine: Not more than 1.5%

Lead (Pb): Not more than 2 mg/kg



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