Food Standards Regulations




4480 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

Editorial note:

In clause 7, the ingredient can itself be a food additive.

The additive must be permitted to be present in the ingredient and must not be present in any greater quantity than permitted.

8 Food for use in preparation of another food

A food intended for use in the preparation of another food may contain any or all of the additives in a quantity permitted in the final food.

9 The addition of a garnish to food

The addition of a garnish to a food does not render that food a mixed food for the purposes of this Standard.

Editorial note:

Examples of the addition of a garnish to a food include lemon slice to fish or pepper to steak to make pepper steak.

10 Colours and their aluminium and calcium lakes

A reference to a colour listed in Schedules 1, 3 and 4 of this Standard includes a reference to the aluminium and calcium lakes prepared from that colour.

11 Permitted synthetic flavourings

Permitted synthetic flavourings, for the purposes of this Standard, are those synthetic flavourings listed in at least one of the following publications:

(1) Food Technology, A Publication of the Institute of Food Technologists, Generally Recognised as Safe (GRAS) lists of flavouring substances published by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers’ Association of the United States from 1960 to October 1998;

(2) Flavouring Substances and Natural Sources of Flavourings, 4th Edition, Volume 1, Chemically-defined flavouring substances, Council of Europe, 1992;

(3) United States Code of Federal Regulations, 1996, 21 CFR Part 172.515.

Editorial note:

The Flavour and Fragrance Association of Australia and New Zealand (FFAANZ) has prepared a list of permitted synthetic flavourings in the three publications for ease of reference. This list is available from FFAANZ or from the Australia New Zealand Food Authority.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Carry-over of Additives in Food (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Additives, Carry-over, Ingredients, Manufacturing Practice

🏥 Food for Use in Preparation of Another Food

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Preparation, Additives, Final Food

🏥 Addition of Garnish to Food

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Garnish, Food, Mixed Food, Lemon, Pepper

🏥 Colours and Their Aluminium and Calcium Lakes

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Colours, Aluminium Lakes, Calcium Lakes

🏥 Permitted Synthetic Flavourings

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Synthetic Flavourings, GRAS, Flavour and Extract Manufacturers’ Association, Council of Europe, Code of Federal Regulations