Food Enzymes: export from Canada to ASEAN

Enzymes are labile biological products and the handling requirement is what distinguishes buying them from buying any other ingredient. Activity is specified in defined units and it declines with time and temperature, so remaining activity at delivery (not activity at manufacture) is the commercial term worth contracting on.

The specification points are activity, optimal temperature and pH, substrate specificity, and the carrier or formulation the enzyme is supplied in.

Regulatory approval is the gating item and it is specific rather than general. Enzymes are subject to destination permitted lists, and one approved in Canada is not automatically approved elsewhere. Confirm the position for the specific preparation, including its source organism, before designing it into a process: a reformulation late in development is expensive.

Cold-chain integrity through the supply chain is a practical requirement, not a refinement.

Enzymes classify under their own heading, but the binding constraint is the destination's permitted list rather than the duty. Confirm approval for the specific preparation and source organism before designing it into a process.