✨ Food Standards Notices
1962
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 75
(3)
Subclause (2) does not apply to fish which has been coated with or mixed with one
or more other foods, or to cooked fish other than cooked prawns.
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Country of origin requirements for vegetables
If vegetables, other than frozen, dehydrated or preserved vegetables or vegetables grown in
Australia or New Zealand, are displayed for retail sale otherwise than in a package, there
must be displayed on or in connection with the display of the vegetables, a label containing,
in standard type of 9 mm, a statement indicating the country of origin of the vegetables or a
statement indicating that the vegetables are imported.
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Country of origin requirements for nuts
(1)
In this clause -
nuts includes peanuts and coconuts.
(2)
If nuts other than nuts grown in Australia or New Zealand are displayed for retail
sale otherwise than in a package, there must be displayed on or in connection with the display
of the nuts a label containing, in standard type of 9 mm, a statement indicating the country or
countries of origin of the nuts or a statement indicating that the nuts are imported.
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Country of origin requirements for fruit
(1)
In this Standard -
fruit means the edible, fleshy fructification of plants, distinguished by their sweet,
acid and ethereal flavours.
(2)
If fruit, other than preserved fruit or fruit grown in Australia or New Zealand, is
displayed for retail sale otherwise than in a package, there must be displayed on or in
connection with the display of the fruit a label containing, in standard type of 9 mm, a
statement indicating the country of origin of the fruit or a statement indicating that the fruit is
imported.
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Labelling of fruit juices containing imported fruit ingredients
(1)
For the purpose of subclause (2), fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice, reconstituted
fruit juice, sweetened fruit juice or sweetened reconstituted fruit juice contains an imported
fruit ingredient if an ingredient of the food is -
(a) fruit juice or concentrated fruit juice that was imported into Australia; or
(b) a food referred to in paragraph (a) that was prepared in whole or in part
from fruit that was imported into Australia.
(2)
If fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice, reconstituted fruit juice, sweetened fruit juice
or sweetened reconstituted fruit juice offered for sale contains one or more imported fruit
ingredients, the label on or attached to a package containing the food must, unless the label
expressly indicates that the food is a product of a country other than Australia, include,
otherwise than in the ingredient list -
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NZ Gazette 2002, No 75
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