Food Standards Amendment




23 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1515

MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (including poultry and game)

8.1 Raw meat, poultry and game

Additives in Schedules 2,3&4 must not be present in foods in this category unless expressly permitted below

fresh poultry
262 Sodium acetates 5000 mg/kg

8.2 Processed meat, poultry and game products in whole pieces or cuts*

commercially sterile canned cured meat
249 250 Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) 50 mg/kg total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite

cured meat
249 250 Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) 125 mg/kg
251 252 Nitrates (potassium and sodium salts) 125 mg/kg total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite

dried meat
200 201 202 203 Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates 1500 mg/kg
249 250 Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) 125 mg/kg total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite

slow dried cured meat
249 250 Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) 125 mg/kg
251 252 Nitrates (potassium and sodium salts) 500 mg/kg total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite

8.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry and game products*

160b Annatto extracts 100 mg/kg
220 221 222 223 Sulphur dioxide and sodium and potassium sulphites 500 mg/kg
224 225 228
249 250 Nitrites (potassium and sodium salts) 125 mg/kg total of nitrates and nitrites, calculated as sodium nitrite

fermented, uncooked processed comminuted meat products
235 Pimaricin (natamycin) 1.2 mg/dm² when determined in a surface sample taken to a depth of not less than 3mm and not more than 5mm including the casing, applied to the surface of food.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 68


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 68





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🏥 Amendment No. 49 to the Food Standards Code (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Amendment, Food Additives, Maximum Levels, Preservatives, Antioxidants, Sweeteners, Flours, Meals, Starches, Cereal Products, Flour Products, Breads, Bakery Products, Meat, Poultry, Game, Sodium Acetates, Nitrites, Nitrates, Sorbic Acid, Sulphur Dioxide, Pimaricin