An assessment report was recently issued by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), which concluded there were no safety concerns associated with Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based Forbes Medi-Tech’s Reducol™ in low-fat milk. The Reducol application is open to public comment until July 7, 2004, after which an assessment report will be prepared. If approved, the final stage of the process is the publishing of the changes to the Food Standards Code. Labeling re­quirements for milk-based products with Reducol would be similar to those provided by the recent European Labeling regulations, according to the company.