Safety evaluation of the food enzyme α‐amylase from a genetically modified Aspergillus niger (strain NZYM‐MC)

Abstract The food enzyme alpha‐amylase (4‐α‐d‐glucan glucanohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.1) 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 organi...

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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, Sirpa Kärenlampi, Francesca Marcon, André Penninks, Andrew Smith, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Davide Arcella, 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.2018.5451