✨ Food Safety Regulations




20 DECEMBER
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
4653

Editorial note:
This definition does not include a food derived from an animal or other organism which has been fed food produced using gene technology, unless the animal or organism itself is a product of gene technology.

gene technology means recombinant DNA techniques that alter the heritable genetic material of living cells or organisms.

2 General prohibition on the sale and use of food produced using gene technology

A food produced using gene technology, other than a substance regulated as a food additive or processing aid, must not be sold or used as an ingredient or component of any food unless it is listed in Column 1 of the Table to this clause and complies with the conditions, if any, specified in Column 2.

Table to clause 2

Column 1 Column 2
Food produced using gene technology Special conditions
Oil derived from glyphosate-tolerant canola line GT73
Food derived from glyphosate-tolerant corn line GA21
Food derived from insect-protected corn line MON 810
Oil and linters derived from glyphosate-tolerant cotton line 1445
Oil and linters derived from insect-protected cotton lines 531, 757 and 1076
Food derived from glyphosate-tolerant soybean line 40-3-2
Food derived from high oleic acid soybean lines G94-1, G94-19 and G168 The label on or attached to a package of a food derived from high oleic acid soy bean lines G94-1, G94-19 and G168 must include a statement to the effect that the food has been genetically modified to contain high levels of oleic acid


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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, Gene technology, Regulations, Labelling requirements