Report | |||
| Status | Finished | EFSA question number | EFSA-Q-2023-00225 |
| Adopted | 09-10-2025 | ||
| Previous authorisations | The applicant has submitted a dossier in support of the application for authorisation of the food enzyme endo-1,4-β-xylanase from a non-genetically modified A. luchuensis (strain DP-Azd103). Additional information was requested from the applicant during the assessment phase on 18 September 2023 and received on 19 January 2024 | ||
Production method | |||
| Manufacturing | The production strain is grown as a pure culture using a typical industrial medium in a submerged, batch or fed-batch fermentation system with conventional process controls in place. | Formulation | Unknown |
| Downstream processing | After completion of the fermentation, the solid biomass is removed from the fermentation broth by filtration. The filtrate containing the enzyme is further purified and concentrated, including an ultrafiltration step in which enzyme protein is retained, while most of the low molecular mass material passes the filtration membrane and is discarded |
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| Average TOS (w/w) | 7.0 | Average activity/TOS | 3983.0 |
EFSA tested impurities | |||
| Production strain and recombinant DNA | The absence of viable cells of the production strain in the food enzyme was demonstrated. | Allergenicity | the Panel considered that under the intended conditions of use, a risk of allergic reactions upon dietary exposure to this food enzyme cannot be excluded, but that the likelihood is low |
| Antimicrobial resistance | No antimicrobial activity was detected in any of the tested batches. | ||
| Antifoam agents | / | Other | The presence of aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxin A, sterigmatocystin, T-2 toxin and zearalenone was examined in all batches and all were below the limit of detection (LoD) of the applied methods |
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| Comments | LoD: Pb = 0.05 mg/kg and 0.01 mg/kg (batch 4). LoDs: aflatoxins total = 2 μg/kg; ochratoxin A = 2 μg/kg; fumonisins total = 200 μg/kg; sterigmatocystin = 10 μg/kg; zearalenone = 5 μg/kg. | ||