Safety of the food enzyme glucoamylase from a genetically modified Aspergillus niger (strain NZYM‐BF)

Abstract The food enzyme glucoamylase (glucan 1,4‐α‐glucosidase; EC 3.2.1.3) is produced with the genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger by Novozymes A/S. The genetic modifications do not give rise to safety concerns. The food enzyme is free from viable cells of the production organism and...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Processing Aids (CEP), Vittorio Silano, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Beat Johannes Brüschweiler, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Riccardo Crebelli, David Michael Gott, Konrad Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Alicja Mortensen, Gilles Riviere, Inger‐Lise Steffensen, Christina Tlustos, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Holger Zorn, Klaus‐Dieter Jany, Sirpa Kärenlampi, André Penninks, Davor Želježic, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Davide Arcella, Ana Gomes, Natália Kovalkovičová, Yi Liu, Annamaria Rossi, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Andrew Chesson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-10-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5450