New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 68

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✨ Food Standards Amendment



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3 Permitted use of additives

The additives listed by name or number in Schedules 1,2,3 and 4 may be added to a food or class of food to perform technological functions provided that:

(a) the use complies with any restrictions on use listed in Schedule 1; and
(b) the proportion of the additive does not exceed the maximum level necessary to achieve one or more technological functions under conditions of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

Editorial Note

The Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual sets out the following relevant criteria for use in assessing compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice:

(a) the quantity of additive added to food shall be limited to the lowest possible level necessary to accomplish its desired effect;

(b) the quantity of the additive that becomes a component of food as a result of its use in the manufacture, processing or packaging of a food and which is not intended to accomplish any physical, or other technical effect in the finished food itself, is reduced to the extent reasonably possible; and

(c) the additive is prepared and handled in the same way as a food ingredient.

The manner in which a food is intended to be presented (e.g. by the use of such quality descriptors as natural, pure, traditional etc) may affect the type and level of food additives that could be used in accordance with GMP. Similarly, the type and level of food additives used may affect the way in which a food may be presented.

4 Requirements for use of intense sweeteners

Save where otherwise expressly stated in Schedule 1 and not withstanding any specific level specified in a Schedule to this Standard, intense sweeteners may only be added to food in an amount necessary to replace the sweetness normally provided by sugars or as a flavour enhancer.

Editorial Note:

In general, the use of intense sweeteners is limited to:

  1. foods meeting the definition of ‘reduced joule’ or ‘low joule’;
  2. "no added sugars" food e.g. artificially sweetened canned fruit without added sugar; or
  3. specific foods in which the use of the sweetener is in addition to sugar rather than as an alternative e.g. chewing gum, brewed soft drink (these foods are listed in Schedule 1 on a case-by-case basis).

Conditions relating to the use of reduced/low joule and no added sugar claims can be found in Standard 1.2.7 or in ANZFA’s Code of Practice on Nutrient Claims in Food Labels and in Advertisements (Commonwealth of Australia, AGPS 1995).



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