New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Food Safety Regulations



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3 Exemption to general prohibition on sale and use

(1) For the purposes of this clause -

(a) the Act means the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Act 1991;
(b) the Authority means the Australia New Zealand Food Authority established under the Act;
(c) the Council means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council.

(2) The prohibition in clause 2 does not apply to a food produced using gene technology where -

(a) that food is the subject of an application under section 12 of the Act to vary the Table to that clause;
(b) the application has been accepted in accordance with section 13 of the Act by the Authority on or before 30 April 1999;
(c) the Authority has evidence that that food, in one or more countries, other than Australia or New Zealand, is lawfully permitted to be sold or used as an ingredient or component, by a national food regulatory agency; and
(d) the Council has not become aware of evidence that that food poses a significant risk to public health and safety.

Division 2 - Labelling etc of food produced using gene technology

4 Interpretation and Application

(1) For the purposes of this Division -

genetically modified food means food that is, or contains as an ingredient, including a processing aid, a food produced using gene technology which -

(a) contains novel DNA and/or novel protein; or
(b) has altered characteristics;

but does not include -

(c) highly refined food, other than that with altered characteristics, where the effect of the refining process is to remove novel DNA and/or novel protein;
(d) a processing aid or food additive, except where novel DNA and/or novel protein from the processing aid or food additive remains present in the food to which it has been added;
(e) flavours present in the food in a concentration no more than 1g/kg; or
(f) a food, ingredient, or processing aid in which genetically modified food is unintentionally present in a quantity of no more than 10g/kg per ingredient.

altered characteristics means any of the matters specified in paragraphs 7(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Standard.

novel DNA and/or novel protein means DNA or a protein which, as a result of the use of gene technology, is different in chemical sequence or structure from DNA or protein present in counterpart food which has not been produced using gene technology.

(2) Any statement required by clause 5 may be contained in the statement of ingredients where the genetically modified food is an ingredient or processing aid.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Standard for Novel Foods (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food safety, Gene technology, Regulations, Labelling requirements

🏥 Exemption to General Prohibition on Sale and Use

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food safety, Gene technology, Exemptions, Australia New Zealand Food Authority

🏥 Division 2 - Labelling of Food Produced Using Gene Technology

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food safety, Gene technology, Labelling requirements, Genetically modified food