New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

Page 4731

✨ Food Standards



20 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4731

3 Labelling of formulated meal replacements

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the nutrition information panel on the label on a package of formulated meal replacement must include a declaration of the average quantities of the vitamins and minerals present in the food and -

(a) listed in column 1 of Table 1 to the Schedule; and
(b) listed in column 1 of Table 2 to the Schedule, and have been added to the food.

(2) A claim as to the presence in a formulated meal replacement of a vitamin or mineral listed in column 1 of Table 1 or Table 2 in the Schedule may be made on the label on a package of formulated meal replacement, provided that -

(a) no less than 10 % of the RDI or ESADDI of that vitamin or mineral is present in a serving of the food; and
(b) where a vitamin or mineral has been added to the food, the claimed quantity of that vitamin or mineral in a serving does not exceed the quantity set out in column 3 of Table 1 or Table 2.

(3) ‘Formulated meal replacement’ is a prescribed name.

(4) The label on a package of formulated meal replacement must include words to the effect that the product must not be used as a total diet replacement.

Division 3 - Formulated supplementary foods

4 Compositional requirements for formulated supplementary foods

(1) Formulated supplementary foods must contain in a serving no less than -

(a) 8 g protein; and
(b) 550 kJ; and
(c) 20 % of the RDI of no less than one of those vitamins or minerals listed in column 1 of Table 3 in the Schedule, provided the total quantity of each vitamin or mineral in a serving does not exceed the quantity, where specified, set out in relation to that vitamin or mineral in column 4 of Table 3.

(2) The vitamins or minerals listed in column 1 of Table 3 in the Schedule may be added to a formulated supplementary food, provided the total of the naturally occurring and added quantity of each vitamin or mineral in a serving does not exceed the quantity, where specified, set out in relation to that vitamin or mineral in column 4 of Table 3.

(3) Vitamins and minerals added to formulated supplementary foods must be in the permitted form.

5 Labelling of formulated supplementary foods

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the nutrition information panel on the label on a package of formulated supplementary food must include a declaration of the average quantity of a vitamin or mineral present in the food where that vitamin or mineral is listed in column 1 of Table 3 to the Schedule and has been added to the food.



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🏥 Standard for Formulated Meal Replacements and Supplementary Foods (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Meal replacements, Supplementary foods, Compositional requirements, Labelling, Nutrition, Young children