New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 109

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✨ Food Standards Code Amendments



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[23] Standard 2.5.6 varied by deleting clause 1 and clause 2, substituting –

1 Interpretation
In this Code –

ice cream means a sweet frozen food made from cream or milk products or both, and other foods, and is generally aerated.

2 Composition
Ice cream must contain no less than –

(a) 100 g/kg of milk fat; and
(b) 168 g/litre of food solids.

[24] Standard 2.6.1 is varied by deleting clause 2, inserting –

2 Composition
Fruit juice or vegetable juice may have added to it any of the following foods –

(a) for vegetable juice, sugars;
(b) for fruit juice, no more than 40 g/kg of sugars; and
(c) salt; and
(d) herbs and spices.

[25] Volume 2 is amended by deleting Standard 2.6.2 substituting –

STANDARD 2.6.2

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND BREWED SOFT DRINKS

Purpose

This Standard deals with packaged waters and water-based beverages which contain food additives and in certain cases, nutritive substances. The Standard defines a number of products and sets certain compositional requirements for packaged water, electrolyte drinks and brewed soft drinks. Labelling requirements specific to electrolyte drinks are included in this Standard. This Standard also prohibits the labelling or presentation of non-alcoholic beverages in such a way as to suggest the product is an alcoholic beverage.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation
2 Composition of packaged water
3 Composition of brewed soft drink
4 Composition of fruit drinks
5 Non-alcoholic beverages not to be labelled/presented as alcoholic beverages
6 Composition of electrolyte drinks and electrolyte drink bases
7 Labelling of electrolyte drinks and electrolyte drink bases
8 Claims in relation to the tonicity of electrolyte drinks

Clauses

1 Interpretation
In this Code –

brewed soft drink means the product prepared by a fermentation process from water with fruit and/or vegetable extractives or fruit and/or vegetable infusions, and sugar.

electrolyte drink means a drink formulated and represented as suitable for the rapid replacement of fluid, carbohydrates, electrolytes and minerals.

electrolyte drink base means a solid or liquid which when made up, makes an electrolyte drink.

fruit drink means a product prepared from one or more of the following –

(a) fruit juice; and
(b) fruit purée; and
(c) concentrated fruit juice; and
(d) concentrated fruit purée; and
(e) comminuted fruit; and
(f) orange peel extract; and
(g) water; and
(h) mineral water; and
(i) mineralised water.

mineral water or spring water means ground water obtained from subterranean water-bearing strata that, in its natural state, contains soluble matter.

non-alcoholic beverage means –

(a) packaged water; or
(b) a water-based beverage which may or may not contain other foods, except for alcoholic beverages; or
(c) electrolyte drinks.

2 Composition of packaged water

(1) Water presented in packaged form may or may not contain added carbon dioxide.

(2) Water presented in packaged form must not contain the substances listed in column 1 of the Table in greater corresponding proportion than that specified in column 2 of the Table to this subclause.



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🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Authority Variations to the Food Standards Code (Amendment No. 55) (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards Code, Amendment No. 55, Ice Cream, Compositional Requirements, Milk Fat, Food Solids, Fruit Juice, Vegetable Juice, Sugars, Salt, Herbs, Spices, Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Brewed Soft Drinks, Packaged Water, Electrolyte Drinks, Labelling Requirements