4630 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 193

PCP (and its sodium salt); and

[6.7] inserting in Schedule 3, under the heading PROCESSED FOODS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ORIGIN, subheading DERIVED EDIBLE COMMODITIES OF PLANT ORIGIN, new commodities specified below in relation to the categories specified—

[7] Standard A12 is varied by omitting clause 5 and substituting—

(5) The proportion of ergot in grain must not be greater than 0.5 g/kg after cleaning but prior to milling.

[8] The Food Standards Code is varied by inserting after Standard A18—

Standard A19

Novel Foods

Purpose

This Standard regulates the sale of novel food and novel food ingredients. The Standard prohibits the sale of these foods unless they are listed in the Table to clause 2, and comply with any special conditions in that Table. The specific permission may impose conditions relating to matters such as the need for preparation or cooking instructions, warning statements or other advice, or the need to meet specific requirements of composition or purity.

The purpose of this Standard is to ensure that non-traditional foods which have features or characteristics which raise safety concerns will undergo a risk-based safety assessment before they are offered for retail sale in Australia and/or New Zealand. The Authority will assess the safety for human consumption of each novel food prior to its inclusion in the Table. The safety assessment will be performed in accordance with the Authority’s safety assessment guidelines.

Editorial Note:

Foods produced using gene technology are regulated in Standard A18. Standard A18 will subsequently be located in Standard 1.5.2 of the new Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (ANZFSC). Foods which have been irradiated are proposed to be regulated in Standard 1.5.3 of the new ANZFSC.

Table of Provisions

1. Definitions
2. Sale of novel foods

Clauses

1. Definitions

In this Standard—

non-traditional food means a food which does not have a history of significant human consumption by the broad community in Australia or New Zealand.

novel food means a non-traditional food for which there is insufficient knowledge in the broad community to enable safe use in the form or context in which it is presented, taking into account—

(a) the composition or structure of the product;
(b) levels of undesirable substances in the product;
(c) known potential for adverse effects in humans;
(d) traditional preparation and cooking methods; or
(e) patterns and levels of consumption of the product.

Editorial Note:

Novel food includes novel foods used as ingredients in another food.

2. Sale of novel foods

A novel food must not be sold, by way of retail sale, as food or for use as a food ingredient unless it is listed in column 1 of the Table to this clause and complies with the conditions of use, if any, specified in column 2.

Table to Clause 2

[9] Standard B3 is varied by inserting immediately after subparagraph (1)(b)(v)(H)—

(i) 70 g/kg erythritol;.

[10] Standard H9 is varied by—

[10.1] omitting ; or from clause (1)(d)(i); and

[10.2] inserting after paragraph (1)(d)(ii)—

; or

(iii) if they are specified in Column 1 of the Table to this subclause, be produced and processed using a method that: