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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 1

(2) Fermented manufactured meat which has not been cooked may contain not more than—
(a) 10 g/kg in total of citric and lactic acids encapsulated with palm oil or maltodextrin; and
(b) either—
(i) 1.2 mg/dm² natamycin, when determined in a surface sample taken to a depth of not less than 3 mm and not more than 5 mm including the casing, applied to the surface of the food; or
(ii) 1.5 g/kg, calculated as sorbic acid, of added sorbic acid, its sodium or potassium salt or a mixture thereof, with or without polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monostearate (polysorbate 60), applied to the surface of the food.”;

[12.6] inserting after clause 38—

‘Labelling of fermented comminuted manufactured meat

38A. (1) The following names are prescribed for fermented comminuted manufactured meat:
(a) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has not been heat treated or cooked
‘fermented manufactured meat—not heat treated’;
(b) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has been heat treated
‘fermented manufactured meat—heat treated’;
(c) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has been cooked
‘fermented manufactured meat—cooked’.

(2) If the label on or attached to a package containing fermented comminuted manufactured meat has a trade name, that trade name must have in association therewith, in type of 3 mm, the following word or words:
(a) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has not been heat treated or cooked
‘fermented’;
(b) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has been heat treated
‘fermented heat treated’;
(c) in the case of fermented comminuted manufactured meat which has been cooked
‘fermented cooked’;

(3) Except as specified in subclauses (1) and (2), the label on or attached to a fermented comminuted manufactured meat must not refer to any heating process.

Editorial Note: Subclause 38A (3) is intended to prevent the use of word ‘pasteurised’ or any word of similar meaning on the label of a fermented comminuted manufactured meat.”;

[12.7] omitting clause 41 and substituting—

‘Definitions

41. (1) Processed meat product is the food, not elsewhere standardised in this Standard, containing at least 300 g/kg but less than 660 g/kg of meat, prepared from a blend of meat and other foods including water.

(2) A fermented comminuted processed meat product is heat treated if it has had its core temperature maintained at 55°C for a period of at least 20 minutes, or an equivalent combination of time and higher temperature.

(3) A fermented comminuted processed meat product is cooked if it has had its core temperature maintained at 65°C for a period of at least 10 minutes, or an equivalent combination of time and higher temperature.”;

[12.8] inserting after clause 44—

‘Labelling of fermented comminuted processed meat products

44A. (1) The following names are prescribed for fermented comminuted processed meat products:
(a) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has not been heat treated or cooked
‘fermented processed meat product—not heat treated’;
(b) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has been heat treated
‘fermented processed meat product—heat treated’;
(c) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has been cooked
‘fermented processed meat product—cooked’.

(2) If the label on or attached to a package containing fermented comminuted processed meat product has a trade name, that trade name must have in association therewith, in type of 3 mm, the following word or words:
(a) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has not been heat treated or cooked
‘fermented’;
(b) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has been heat treated
‘fermented heat treated’;
(c) in the case of fermented comminuted processed meat product which has been cooked
‘fermented cooked’;

(3) Except as specified in subclauses (1) and (2), the label on or attached to a fermented comminuted processed meat product must not refer to any heating process.

Editorial Note: Subclause 44A (3) is intended to prevent the use of word ‘pasteurised’ or any word of similar meaning on the label of a fermented comminuted processed meat product.”;

[12.9] omitting ‘‘uncooked fermented manufactured meat’’ from paragraph 50 (1) (c) and substituting ‘‘fermented manufactured meat which has not been cooked’’;

[12.10] omitting ‘‘, ‘salted meat’ and ‘uncooked comminuted meat product’’’ from subclause 51 (1) and substituting ‘‘and ‘salted meat’’’;

[12.11] omitting clause 58 and substituting—

‘58. (1) If meat or a meat product is offered for sale other than in a package—
(a) the prescribed name or appropriate designation;
(b) any word or words that would, if the food were packaged, be required by subclauses 12 (2) or 13 (2), or clauses 27, 53, 54 or 57 to be included in the label on or attached to the package;
(c) in the case of a manufactured meat (whether coated or not), any word or words that would, if the food were packaged, be required by clause 40 to be included in the label on or attached to the package; and
(d) in the case of a processed meat product (whether