✨ Food Standards Amendment
1506 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 68
Editorial Notes
In clause 7, the ingredient can itself be a food additive.
The additive must be permitted to be present in the ingredient and must not be present in any greater quantity than permitted.
8 Food for use in preparation of another food
A food intended for use in the preparation of another food may contain any or all of the additives in a quantity permitted in the final food.
9 The addition of a garnish to food
The addition of a garnish to a food does not render that food a mixed food for the purposes of this Standard.
Editorial Note
Examples of the addition of a garnish to a food include lemon slice to fish or pepper to steak to make pepper steak.
10 Colours and their aluminium and calcium lakes
A reference to a colour listed in Schedules 1, 3 and 4 of this Standard includes a reference to the aluminium and calcium lakes prepared from that colour.
SCHEDULE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
| INS Number | Additive Name | Max level | Applications |
|---|
Additives in Schedule 2 may be present in processed foods as a result of use in accordance with GMP except where expressly prohibited in this schedule.
Colours in Schedule 3 may be present in processed foods as a result of use in accordance with GMP except where expressly prohibited in this schedule.
Colours in Schedule 4 may be present to a maximum level of 290 mg/kg in solid and 70 mg/L in liquid processed foods except where expressly prohibited in this schedule.
0.1 Preparations of food additives
Additives in Schedules 3 & 4 must not be present in foods in this category unless expressly permitted below...
Does not apply to preparations of colours or flavours
| 200 201 202 203 | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 1000 mg/kg |
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NZ Gazette 2000, No 68
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NZ Gazette 2000, No 68
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