✨ Food Standards Amendment
23 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1501
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard A1 is varied by inserting under the sub-heading Processed Foods in the Table to subclause (19)(e) —
Kraft Vegemite
Sanitarium Cornflakes
Sanitarium Soy Tasty
[2] The Food Standards Code is varied by deleting Standard T1, and substituting -
STANDARD T1
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND FOOD STANDARDS SYSTEM
PURPOSE
This Standard implements the transitional provisions of an Agreement between Australia and New Zealand establishing a system for the development of joint food standards signed at Wellington on 5 December 1995. It should be noted that the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 (Cth) permits, with some qualifications, the sale in Australia of food which may be lawfully sold in New Zealand and is imported from New Zealand into Australia. It should also be noted that other laws, such as those relating to quarantine and therapeutic goods, continue to have effect and will apply to food imported from New Zealand.
This Standard provides for the addition of food additives either in accordance with Standard 1.3.1, or where expressly permitted elsewhere by this Code, but not a combination of Standard 1.3.1 and other relevant provisions of the Code.
This Standard also makes some amendments to the Australian Food Standards Code to permit Australian manufacturers of specified foods to manufacture to the New Zealand Food Regulations if they so wish. Provision for these ‘dual standards’ is made so that Australian manufacturers can compete on equal terms with product imported from New Zealand. It should be noted that the permission is to manufacture either to the requirements in the Australian Food Standards Code in their entirety or those in the New Zealand Food Regulations in their entirety. It is not permitted to draw requirements from both sets of standards.
The transitional arrangements in the Agreement cease to have effect upon the establishment of a joint Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. This Standard will cease to have effect at that time, and will be repealed. Individual permissions for dual standards may be repealed before that time if the regulatory differences which gave rise to them are addressed by other means.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause
- Food additives
- Dual Standards
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 68
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 68
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Amendment No. 49 to the Food Standards Code
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