New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

Page 4519

✨ Food Standards



20 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4519

Standard 1.3.2

Vitamins and Minerals

Purpose

This Standard regulates the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods, and the claims which can be made about the vitamin and mineral content of foods, other than those special purpose foods standardised in Part 2.9, the addition of iodine to certain salt products in Standard 2.10.2, the addition of thiamin to flour for bread making in Standard 2.1.1, the addition of vitamin D to table edible oil spreads and margarine in Standard 2.4.2 and certain claims permitted elsewhere in this Code.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation
2 Prohibition on adding vitamins and minerals to food
3 Permitted addition of vitamins and minerals to food
4 Restrictions on claims in relation to vitamin and mineral content of food
5 Claims in relation to the vitamin and mineral content of foods listed in the Table to clause 3
6 Claims in relation to the vitamin and mineral content of food
7 Claim that a food is a good source of a vitamin or mineral
8 Calculation of maximum quantity of a vitamin or mineral which may be claimed in a reference quantity of a claimable food
9 Labelling of foods with respect to vitamin or mineral content

Clauses

1 Interpretation

In this Standard -

claimable food means a food which consists of at least 90% by weight of -

(a) (i) primary foods; or
(ii) foods listed in the Table to clause 3; or

(b) (i) a mixture of primary foods; and/or
(ii) water; and/or
(iii) foods listed in the Table to clause 3 excluding butter, cream and cream products, edible oils, edible oil spreads and margarine.



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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170


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




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Schedule of Technological Functions of Food Additives (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food additives, Functional classes, Gelling agent, Glazing agent, Humectant, Intense sweetener, Preservative, Propellant, Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabiliser, Thickener

🏥 Regulation of Vitamins and Minerals in Foods

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Vitamins, Minerals, Food regulation, Claims, Labelling