26 MARCH NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1057

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 matters relating to 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
Email: anzfa.nz@anzfa.gov.au

Matters at Full Assessment

The authority has made a preliminary assessment, accepted the following application and will now make a full assessment of it:

Yoghurt Powder (A353). An application from Jalna Dairy Foods Pty Limited received on 9 October 1997 to amend the definition of “supplemented drink base” as defined in Standard R9—Supplementary Foods to include yoghurt powder.

You are invited to present written submissions to the authority on matters relevant to this application, including the potential regulatory impact on consumers, industry and Government, by 8 May 1998. This information paper on this matter provides further information, including advice on the authority’s policy regarding submissions.

Matters at Inquiry

The authority will conduct an inquiry into the draft standards prepared at full assessment of the following proposal:

National Food Hygiene Standards (P160). A proposal to develop new standards for food hygiene practices, food premises and appliances as part of the development of nationally uniform food hygiene standards for Australia.

With respect to this proposal the authority considers that a recommendation on this matter should be made to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council as a matter of urgency, and has decided to omit to invite public submissions prior to making a full assessment.

You are invited to present written submissions to the authority on matters relevant to this inquiry, including the potential regulatory impact on consumers, industry and Government, by 8 May 1998. The information paper on this matter provides further information, including advice on the authority’s policy regarding submissions.

Matters Before Council

The authority has completed an inquiry into the variations to standards prepared at full assessment of the following application and has made a recommendation to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council that the variations be adopted into the Food Standards Code:

Use of Oxidised Polyethylene on Citrus Fruit (A271). An application from Hoechst Aust Limited to allow the use of specified polymers of oxidised polyethylene to be used as coating agents for citrus fruit.

New Zealand Wool Board

Wool Industry Act 1977

Fixing of Wool Board Levy

Pursuant to section 39 (4) of the Wool Board Act 1997, notice is hereby given that from and including 1 July 1998, the rate of Wool Board levy and bases of calculation shall be:

(a) In respect of shorn wool, dags and dag wool sold at auction or on an electronic trading system in New Zealand, 5 percent of the gross proceeds received from the sale less selling charges and the cost of testing the wool where these costs have been incurred by the grower prior to the sale and can be substantiated by the levy collection agent to the satisfaction of the Wool Board. The cost of transport will not be deductible.

(b) In respect of shorn wool, dags and dag wool sold privately in New Zealand, 5 percent of the gross proceeds received from the sale less the cost of testing the wool where that cost has been incurred by the grower prior to the sale and can be substantiated by the levy collection agent to the satisfaction of the Wool Board. The cost of transport will not be deductible.

(c) In respect of shorn wool, dags and dag wool sold through alternative marketing systems, for example pools and tenders, 5 percent of the gross proceeds received from the sale less any costs, for example testing, selling, crushing, scouring and dumping, which have been incurred by the grower prior to the sale and which can be substantiated by the levy collection agent to the satisfaction of the Wool Board. The cost of transport will not be deductible.

(d) In respect of slipe wool and fellmongered wool, an amount per kilogram estimated by the Wool Board to be equivalent to 5 percent of the seasonally-adjusted, average price for new season’s wool sold at auction (the market indicator) during the calendar month 2 months prior to the month in which the levy became payable or, if there were no auctions during that month, during the last calendar month before it in which there was an auction, adjusted to reflect an average yield for slipe wool of 85 percent and less the average selling charges and testing costs on auction-sold wool for the previous season, as calculated by the Wool Board.

(e) In respect of wool on the skin 2.5 percent of the gross proceeds received from the sale of the sheepskin, being a 5 percent levy on half of the gross proceeds from its sale.

(f) In respect of greasy wool and scoured wool which is...