✨ Food Regulation




4530 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

maximum permitted level means the maximum amount of the processing aid which may be present in the food as specified in the Schedule.

processing aid means a substance listed in clauses 3 to 18, where β€”

(a) the substance is used in the processing of raw materials, foods or ingredients, to fulfil a technological purpose relating to treatment or processing, but does not perform a technological function in the final food; and

(b) the substance is used in the course of manufacture of a food at the lowest level necessary to achieve a function in the processing of that food, irrespective of any maximum permitted level specified.

2 General prohibition on the use of processing aids

Unless expressly permitted in this Standard, processing aids must not be added to food.

3 Generally permitted processing aids

The following processing aids may be used in the course of manufacture of any food at a level necessary to achieve a function in the processing of that food β€”

(a) foods, including water; and
(b) food additives listed in Schedule 2 of Standard 1.3.1; and
(c) a processing aid specified in the Table to this clause.

Table to clause 3

Activated carbon
Aluminium stearate
Ammonia
Ammonium chloride
Ammonium hydroxide
Bone phosphate
Calcium stearate
Carbon monoxide
Diatomaceous earth
Ethoxylated fatty alcohols
Ethyl alcohol
Fatty acid polyalkylene glycol ester
Furcellaran
Hydrogenated glucose syrups
Isopropyl alcohol
Kaolin
Magnesium hydroxide
Magnesium stearate
Oleic acid
Oleyl oleate
Oxygen
Perlite
Phospholipids
Phosphoric acid


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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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πŸ₯ Regulation of Processing Aids in Food (continued from previous page)

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
Processing aids, Food regulation, Prohibitions, Permitted uses, Food manufacturing