New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Food Labelling Standards



4430 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

Editorial note:

Clause 4 of Standard 1.2.3 requires the presence of certain substances in food (which are listed in the Table to the clause) to always be declared in the label, for example, egg and egg products. Therefore, the exemptions listed in clause 2 of this Standard do not apply in relation to those substances.

“INGREDIENTS”, “INGREDIENTS IN DESCENDING ORDER”, “MADE FROM”, “CONSISTS OF” or “CONTAINS” or words to that effect may be used as a heading to the statement of ingredients.

3 All ingredients to be listed in a statement of ingredients

A statement of ingredients must list every ingredient in the food unless the ingredient is -

(a) an ingredient of a flavouring as defined in Schedule 5 of Standard 1.3.1; or

(b) a volatile ingredient which is completely removed during manufacture; or

(c) added water where –
(i) the water is added to reconstitute dehydrated or concentrated ingredients;
(ii) the water forms part of broth, brine or syrup which is declared in the ingredient list or is part of the name of the food; or
(iii) the water constitutes less than 5% of the final food; or

(d) a substance used as a processing aid in accordance with Standard 1.3.3.

4 Ingredients to be listed by common, descriptive or generic name

Ingredients must be declared in the statement of ingredients using -

(a) the common name of the ingredient; or

(b) a name that describes the true nature of the ingredient; or

(c) where applicable, a generic name set out in the Table to this clause.

Editorial note:

The term ‘common name’ does not have a technical meaning for the purposes of paragraph 4(a), and should be given its ordinary meaning.

The names of ingredients should be sufficiently detailed and accurate to ensure they are not false, misleading or deceptive, or likely to mislead or deceive. The generic names listed in the Table to Clause 5 may be accompanied by a suitable word or words to further specify the ingredient for example, cheese powder, poultry meat fillets, dried vegetables.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Labelling, Ingredients, Statement of Ingredients, Exemptions, Common Names, Descriptive Names, Generic Names, Flavourings, Water, Processing Aids