New Zealand Gazette – 1997 – No. 30

Page 750

✨ Regulation Notices and Food Standards



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 30

Regulation Summary

Notice Under the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

Pursuant to the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, notice is hereby given of the making of regulations as under:

Authority for Enactment Title or Subject-matter Serial Number Date of Enactment Price Code Postage and Packaging
Civil Aviation Act 1990 Civil Aviation (Offences) Regulations 1997 1997/56 1/4/97 77-E $9.00
Health and Disability Services Act 1993 Health and Disability Services (Establishment of Transitional Health Authority) Order 1997 1997/57 1/4/97 2-A $1.60

Postage and Packaging Charge: Mail Orders

If two or more copies ordered, the remittance should cover the cash price and the maximum charge for the total value of purchases as follows:

Total Value of Purchases Maximum Charge
$12.00 and less $1.50
$12.01 and greater $3.25

Copies can be bought or ordered by mail from Legislation Services, P.O. Box 12-418, Wellington. Please quote title and serial numbers. Prices for quantities supplied on application. Copies are also available over the counter at the following locations:

Bennetts Bookshop Limited: Level One, Whitcoulls Corner Store, Queen Street (P.O. Box 5513, Wellesley Street), Auckland; 111 Cashel Street (Private Bag), Christchurch 1; located in Whitcoulls, 143 George Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin; 38-42 Broadway Avenue (P.O. Box 138), Palmerston North; Massey University, Palmerston North; located in Whitcoulls, Centreplace, Bryce Street (P.O. Box 928), Hamilton; Bowen House, Lambton Quay (P.O. Box 5334), Wellington.

General

Australia New Zealand Food Authority

Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991

Australia New Zealand Food Authority—Food Standards

The Australia New Zealand Food Authority advises progress on the following applications and proposals for the development or variation of standards in the Australian Food Standards Code.

You can get further information on each of these matters in information papers which are available from:

The Information Officer
Australia New Zealand Food Authority
P.O. Box 10-559
The Terrace
WELLINGTON 6036
NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: (04) 473 9942
Facsimile: (04) 473 9855

Application Rejected

The authority has conducted a full assessment of the following application and has decided to reject it for the reasons given below:

Cheeses made from Unpasteurised Fresh Milk
(A270). An application from the Australian Specialist Cheesemaker’s Association to permit the use of fresh milk that has not been pasteurised or subjected to another heat treatment prior to cheesemaking, in the making of both hard dry, and soft moist speciality cheeses. The authority has rejected the application for the following reasons:

  • the consumption of raw milk cheeses may present a significant public health risk as such cheeses may be contaminated with human pathogens and, if consumed, can cause serious illness or death particularly among pregnant women, children, the elderly, and people who are immunosuppressed;

  • consumers do not expect food which poses a significant risk to public health and safety to be freely available and therefore requiring a warning statement on raw milk cheeses would not adequately convey the extremity of the risk;

  • permitting the sale of raw milk cheeses may promote trade for a specialist sector of the cheese industry but it



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🏛️ Regulation Summary

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Regulations, Civil Aviation, Health and Disability Services

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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Postage, Packaging, Mail Orders, Pricing

🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Authority—Food Standards

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Cheese, Unpasteurised Milk, Public Health