✨ Food Standards for Wine
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wine product means a food containing no less than 700 mL/L of wine as defined in this Standard, which has been formulated, processed, modified or mixed with other foods such that it is not wine.
2 Addition of other foods to wine during production
The following foods may be added to wine during production -
(a) grape juice and grape juice products; and
(b) sugars; and
(c) brandy or other spirit; and
(d) added water, where the water is necessary to incorporate any permitted food additive or processing aid.
3 Wine and wine product produced in Australia
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Standard, wine and wine product produced in Australia must comply with the provisions of Standards P4 and P6 respectively of the Australian Food Standards Code.
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), a reference to brandy or grape spirit in Standard P4 is a reference to those products as standardised in Standard P3 of the Australian Food Standards Code.
Editorial Notes:
It is anticipated that clause 3 of this Standard will be amended to reflect expected amendments to the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980.
Additive permissions and permitted processing aids for the products referred to in this Standard are contained in Standards 1.3.1 Food Additives and 1.3.3 Processing Aids respectively.
Specific labelling requirements for alcoholic beverages are contained in Standard 2.7.1.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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