New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Food Standards and Labelling



4418 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

(5) The label on each package of skimmed sweetened condensed milk shall bear, in 3mm lettering, in the principal display panel, the words "not suitable as a complete milk food for infants"; and those words shall form the first line or lines in the panel, and no other word shall appear in the same line or lines.

(6) The label on each package of skim milk powder shall bear, in 3mm lettering, in the principal display panel, the words "not suitable as a complete milk food for infants"; and those words shall form the first line or lines in the panel, and no other word shall appear in the same line or lines.

(7) For the purposes of subclauses (2) and (3) —

skim milk and non-fat milk means milk from which milk fat or cream has been removed.

reduced-fat milk means —

(i) milk from which milk fat or cream has been partially removed; or

(ii) a mixture of non-fat milk with milk or standard milk; or

(iii) the product produced from a combination of the products specified in subparagraphs (i) and (ii).

standardised milk means pasteurised or ultra heat treated milk —

(i) from which no substance has been removed except milk fat or cream; and

(ii) to which no substance has been added except non-fat milk or non-fat milk solids.

Editorial note:

Subclause 3(1) of this Standard sets out certain labelling requirements for condensed, modified and skim milk which are contained in the Australian Food Standards Code.

Subclauses (2) – (6) set out certain labelling requirements for skim and non-fat milk, reduced-fat milk, evaporated skim milk, skimmed sweetened condensed milk and skim milk powder. These subclauses set out the same requirements as those in the New Zealand Food Regulations 1984.

Clause 3 does not regulate the composition of any these products.

Clause 3 of this Standard will be reviewed prior to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code becoming the sole Food Standards Code in Australia and New Zealand.

4 Labelling of royal jelly or food containing royal jelly

For the purposes of this Code, the provisions of the Australian Food Standards Code set out in clause (8) of Standard K2 apply.



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🏥 Permitted Health Claims for Foods (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Health Claims, Folate, Nutrition Labelling, Vitamins, Minerals, Skimmed Milk, Reduced-fat Milk, Standardised Milk