3714 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 149

Editorial Note:
Subclause 4 (5) will cease to operate on 7 December 2002. From this date all food will need to comply with the labelling requirements in Division 2. Subclause 4 (5) only applies to the labelling requirements in this Standard and has no effect on the provisions in Division 1.

[3] Standard 1.2.8 is varied by –

[3.1] omitting the definition of carbohydrate in clause 1, substituting –

carbohydrate means –

(a) “carbohydrate by difference”, calculated by subtracting from 100, the average quantity expressed as a percentage of water, protein, fat, dietary fibre, ash, alcohol, and if quantified or added to the food, any other unavailable carbohydrate and the substances listed in column 1 of Table 2 to subclause 2 (2); or

(b) “available carbohydrate”, calculated by summing the average quantity of total available sugars and starch, and if quantified or added to the food, any available oligosaccharides, glycogen and maltodextrins.

[3.2] omitting subclause 5 (6), substituting –

(6) The nutrition information panel must include declarations of unavailable carbohydrate where the unavailable carbohydrate has been subtracted in the calculation of “carbohydrate by difference” as defined in clause 1.

(6A) The reference to “unavailable carbohydrate” in subclause (6) does not include dietary fibre.

(6B) The nutrition information panel must include individual declarations of those substances listed in column 1 of Table 2 to subclause 2 (2) where they are present, either singly or in combination, in the final food in an amount of no less than 5g/100g, and where —

(a) any of the substances listed in column 1 have been subtracted in the calculation of “carbohydrate by difference” as defined in clause 1; or

(b) any of the substances listed in column 1 have been quantified or added to the food, if “available carbohydrate” as defined in clause 1 is used.

(6C) The reference to “substances listed in column 1 of Table 2 to subclause 2 (2)” in subclause (6B) does not include organic acids.

[3.3] omitting Carbohydrate, total from the Table immediately following subclause 5 (1) titled NUTRITION INFORMATION, substituting —

Carbohydrate

[3.4] omitting Carbohydrate, total from the Table immediately following subclause 5 (7) titled NUTRITION INFORMATION, substituting —

Carbohydrate

[3.5] omitting Carbohydrate, total from the Table immediately following subclause 7 (2) titled NUTRITION INFORMATION, substituting —

Carbohydrate

[3.6] omitting the second sentence in the Editorial note to following subclause 5 (7), substituting —

The word “total” following “fat”, dietary fibre” or “protein” in the first column of the panel need only be included if it is immediately followed by the sub-group.

[3.7] omitting the Editorial note immediately following subclause 15 (4), substituting —

Editorial note:
The declaration of the lactose and galactose content of a food in the nutrition information panel should be in the following form:

Carbohydrate
– sugars
– lactose
– galactose

[4] Standard 1.4.1 is varied by inserting the following into Columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Table to clause 3 –

| 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol | 0.2 calculated on a 40% dry matter content |
| Soy sauce and oyster sauce |
| 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol | 0.005 calculated on a 40% dry matter content |
| Soy sauce and oyster sauce |

Foundation for Arable Research

Commodity Levies (Arable Crops) Order 2000

Foundation for Arable Research (Inc.)
The Commodity Levies (Arable Crops) Order 2000

Pursuant to section 4 of the Commodity Levies (Arable Crops) Order 2000, a levy has been imposed on, and shall be payable by, the producers of any arable commodity grown in New Zealand.

In accordance with section 12 (1) of the Order, the Foundation for Arable Research has determined the rate of the levy for 2002 to be:

• Herbage and amenity seed, 0.6% of assessed value.
• Specialist vegetable seeds (such as hybrid brassicas, carrot, onion, celery, beet), 0.6% or to a maximum dollar value equivalent to the rate for open pollinated brassicas.
• Maize, 0.4%.