✨ Food Standards and Labelling
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 75
Table of Provisions
- Application
- Labelling of pollen products
- Labelling of royal jelly
- Labelling of royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis in New Zealand
Clauses
1 Application
(1) For the matters regulated in this Standard, food produced in or imported into Australia must comply with clause 3 and clause 4 of this Standard or Standard 1.2.3, but not a combination of both.
(2) For the matters regulated in this Standard, food produced in or imported into New Zealand must comply with clause 5 of this Standard or Standard 1.2.3, but not a combination of both.
(3) This Standard ceases to have effect two years from the commencement of those parts of Standard 1.2.3 regulating royal jelly.
2 Labelling of pollen products in Australia
The label on or attached to a package containing a pollen product must include, immediately following the name of the product, and in 3 mm type the following statement -
‘THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS’
3 Labelling of royal jelly in Australia
The label on or attached to a package containing royal jelly, or a food containing royal jelly, must include, immediately following the name of the food, and in type of 3 mm, the statement -
‘THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS ROYAL JELLY WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CAUSE SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND IN RARE CASES, FATALITIES, ESPECIALLY IN ASTHMA AND ALLERGY SUFFERERS’
4 Labelling of royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis in New Zealand
(1) In relation to royal jelly, the label on or attached to a package of a food containing royal jelly, must include, in a prominent position so that it can be easily seen by the consumer when purchasing the product, in a standard type of not less than 3 mm, the statement -
(a) in the case of a product that is comprised solely of royal jelly -
‘WARNING - THIS PRODUCT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ASTHMA AND ALLERGY SUFFERERS AS IT CAN CAUSE SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS’; or
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2002, No 75
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2002, No 75
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