This application seeks approval for the sale and use of food derived from corn line DP915635, genetically modified for herbicide-tolerance and protection from insect pests.

Approval

A1272 Approval report (537.18 KB)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved an application from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to permit food derived from a banana line genetically modified (GM) for resistance to Panama disease.

Banana line QCAV-4 is the first whole GM fruit assessed and approved by FSANZ and the first GM banana approved in the world.

The Australian and New Zealand Food Ministers did not seek a review of the GM banana's approval for food use.

To permit the sale of Moringa oleifera leaf (fresh and dried), immature (green) pods and seed oil as food and food ingredients in Australia and New Zealand.

Administrative assessment

Administrative assessment (PDF 131 KB)

This application seeks to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to permit Phospholipase C from genetically modified Bacillus licheniformis as a processing aid in degumming of fats and oils.

This application seeks to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to permit glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger to be used as a processing aid in brewing process, baking processes, starch processing and distilled alcohol processing.

This application seeks approval for the sale and use of food derived from potato line BG25, genetically modified to have disease-resistance, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning. 

Approval

A1289 Approval report (514 kb)

On 17 September 2025, changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) were approved to permit the use of the enzyme processing aid thermolysin from Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus Rokko.

​​​​This application seeks approval for the sale and use of food derived from corn line DP51291, genetically modified for herbicide-tolerance and protection from insect pests.​​ This application is the second to be assessed under the FSANZ-Health Canada safety assessment sharing initiative. For this application, FSANZ undertook the food safety assessment and provided it to Health Canada for review.