✨ Food Safety Regulations




20 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4651

novel food means a non-traditional food for which there is insufficient knowledge in the broad community to enable safe use in the form or context in which it is presented, taking into account -

(a) the composition or structure of the product; or
(b) levels of undesirable substances in the product; or
(c) known potential for adverse effects in humans; or
(d) traditional preparation and cooking methods; or
(e) patterns and levels of consumption of the product.

Editorial Note
Novel food includes novel foods used as ingredients in another food.

2 Sale of novel foods

A novel food must not be sold by way of retail sale as food or for use as a food ingredient unless it is listed in column 1 of the Table to this clause and complies with the conditions of use, if any, specified in column 2.

Table to clause 2

Column 1 Column 2
Novel Food Conditions of Use


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170


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





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πŸ₯ Standard for Novel Foods (continued from previous page)

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
Food safety, Novel foods, Regulations, Safety assessment