New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Food Standards Regulations



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(2) A claim as to the presence in a formulated supplementary food of one or more of those vitamins or minerals listed in column 1 of Table 3 in the Schedule may be made on the label on a package of formulated supplementary food provided that -

(a)   no less than 10 % of the RDI of the vitamin or mineral listed in column 1 of Table 3 is present in a serving of the food; and

(b)   no less than 10 % of the ESADDI of the vitamin or mineral is present in a serving of the food; and

(c)   where a vitamin or mineral has been added to the food, the claimed quantity of that vitamin or mineral in a serving of the food does not exceed the quantity set out in column 5 of Table 3.

(3) The label on a package of formulated supplementary food must include a description of the role of the food as a supplement to a normal diet to address situations where intakes of energy and nutrients may not be adequate to meet an individual’s requirements.

(4) ‘Formulated supplementary food’ is a prescribed name.

Division 4 - Formulated supplementary foods for young children

6 Compositional requirements for formulated supplementary foods for young children

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

(a)   2.5 g protein; and

(b)   330 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 2 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 for young children, 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 2 of Table 3.

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

7 Labelling of formulated supplementary foods for young children

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the nutrition information panel on the label on a package of formulated supplementary food for young children 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.

(2) A claim as to the presence in a formulated supplementary food for young children of one or more of those vitamins or minerals listed in column 1 of Table 3 in the Schedule may be made on the label on a package of formulated supplementary food provided that -



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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