New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Food Standards Notices



4448 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

2 Food must be date marked

(1) Unless otherwise expressly prescribed in this Code, the label on a package of food must include -

(a) its use-by date, where the food should be consumed before a certain date because of health or safety reasons; or
(b) where paragraph 2(1)(a) does not apply, its best-before date;

unless -

(c) the best-before date of the food is two years or more; or
(d) the food is -

    (i) an individual portion of ice cream or ice confection; or
    (ii) in a small package, except where the food should be consumed before a certain date because of health or safety reasons.

    **Editorial note:**

    ANZFA’s “Guide to the Use of ‘Use-by’ and ‘Best-Before’ Dates for Food Manufacturers” provides guidance on paragraphs 2(1)(a) and (b).

    Standard 1.2.1 sets out the exemptions to the general labelling requirements in this Code, and provides a definition of ‘small package’.

(2) The label on a package of bread with a shelf life less than 7 days, may include instead of a best-before date -

(a) its baked-on date; or
(b) its baked-for date.

3 Prohibition on sale of food after the use-by date

Food must not be sold past its use-by date.

4 Prescribed form of date mark

(1) A best-before date must use the words -

‘Best Before’

accompanied by the date or a reference to where the date is located in the label.

(2) A use-by date must use the words -

‘Use By’

accompanied by the date or a reference to where the date is located in the label.


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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170


Gazette.govt.nz — PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170




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🏥 Standard for Date Marking of Packaged Food (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Date Marking, Packaged Food, Use-by Date, Best-before Date, Storage Conditions