4300 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 181

Column 1

Food

• Tip Top Burgen Barley and Sunflower Seed Loaf
• Tip Top Burgen High Bake Heritage Rye
• Tip Top Burgen High Bake Heritage White
• Tip Top Burgen High Bake Soy and Linseed
• Tip Top Burgen High Bake Wholemeal
• Tip Top Burgen Mixed Grain
• Tip Top Burgen Mixed Grain Fruit
• Tip Top Burgen Rye
• Tip Top Burgen Soy-Lin Loaf
• Tip Top English Muffins
• Tip Top Holson's Wholemeal
• Tip Top Holson's Wholemeal Toast
• Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal with Wheatgerm
• Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal with Wheatgerm Toast
• Tip Top Hyfibe White
• Tip Top Hyfibe White Muffins
• Tip Top Multigrain
• Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain
• Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain Toast
• Tip Top Multigrain Muffins
• Tip Top Multigrain Toast
• Tip Top Pro-Roll
• Tip Top Pro-Roll Toast
• Tip Top Sunblest Toast
• Tip Top Sunblest White Sandwich
• Tip Top Swiss Maid
• Tip Top The White Stuff
• Uncle Tobys Vitagold Bread
• Uncle Tobys Energy White Bread
• Uncle Tobys GrainsPlus Bread
• Uncle Tobys Lite Start Breakfast Bars
• Uncle Tobys Lite Start Breakfast Cereal

approved pending folate fortification

Column 2

Eligibility Criteria

Amounts specified are per each serving as specified in the nutrition information panel

Primary foods as defined in Standard A9

Other foods
Contains at least 40 micrograms folate.

Contains at least 40 micrograms folate and not more than—
(A) 14 g fat, of which no more than 5 g is saturated fat;
(B) 500 mg sodium; and
(C) 10 g in total of added sugars and honey.

Column 3

Permitted Claim

A claim which states—

(a) that increased maternal folate consumption in at least the month before and 3 months following conception may reduce the risk of fetal neural tube defects; and

(b) the recommendation that women consume a minimum of 400 micrograms folate per day in at least the month before and at least the first 3 months following conception.

Editorial Notes:

(1) Subclauses (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) implement a pilot trial of a management system for health claims. The outcomes of the pilot will be used to assist in the evaluation of a proposal to allow wider use of health claims in food labels and advertisements. The subclauses cease to have effect on 13 February 2000.

(2) Due to anticipated delays in the publication of amendments into the Food Standards Code, the approved foods/products listed in Column 1 to subclause (e) are also listed in a Register which is held at and by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority. The Register contains the most up to date list of approved foods/products.

(3) Clause (13) of Standard A1 should be read in conjunction with Standard A9 - Vitamins and Minerals.

(f) A health claim must not be made in respect of the following foods—

(i) food standardised in Part P of this Code;
(ii) food standardised in Standards R4, R5, R6, R7 and R10 of this Code; and
(iii) soft cheeses and pâté.

(g) The label on or attached to a package of food, in respect of which a health claim set out in the Table has been made, must include—

(i) a nutrition information panel in accordance with clause (13) of this Standard, which additionally includes the average quantity of folate in one serving of the food, beside the proportion of the RDI of folate contributed by one serving of the food;

(ii) an asterisk accompanying the word "folate" in the nutrition information panel which refers to a footnote advising that an RDI of 200 micrograms referred to is for adults, whereas for women, at least 1 month before and during pregnancy, the recommended folate intake is 400 micrograms per day;