Claude Lambré, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Riccardo Crebelli, David Michael Gott, Konrad Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Marcel Mengelers, Alicja Mortensen, Gilles Rivière, Inger-Lise Steffensen, Christina Tlustos, Henk van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Holger Zorn, Boet Glandorf, Lieve Herman, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Ana Gomes, Yi Liu, Joaquim Maia, Sandra Rainieri, Andrew Chesson
The food enzyme d-psicose 3-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.30) is produced with the genetically modified Escherichia coli strain K-12 W3110 (pWKLP) by Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. The production strain of the food enzyme contains multiple copies of an antimicrobial resistance gene. However, based on the absence of viable cells and DNA from the production organism in the food enzyme, this is not considered to be a risk. The food enzyme is used as an immobilised preparation in processing fructose for the production of a speciality carbohydrate d-allulose (syn...
April 2021: EFSA journal