New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 132

Page 3845

✨ Food Standards Amendment



9 NOVEMBER 2006

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 132

3845

substituting -

Foods containing added phytosterol esters

Statements to the effect that -

  1. when consuming this product, it should be consumed as part of a healthy diet;
  2. this product may not be suitable for children under the age of five years and pregnant or lactating women; and
  3. plant sterols do not provide additional benefits when consumed in excess of three grams per day.

Foods containing added tall oil phytosterols

Statements to the effect that -

  1. when consuming this product, it should be consumed as part of a healthy diet;
  2. this product may not be suitable for children under five years and pregnant or lactating women; and
  3. plant sterols do not provide additional benefits when consumed in excess of three grams per day.

[3]

Standard 1.2.9 is varied by inserting after subclause 2(1) –

Editorial note:
The requirements of this Standard will not be met where prescribed information is placed other than on the outside of a package where it is readily accessible by a consumer prior to purchase, and during the life of the product, and not obscured by an outer covering. The requirements of this Standard will also not be met where prescribed information is printed in a small font so the statement cannot be read easily.
Within 24 months of the gazettal of this editorial note, Standard 1.2.9 Legibility Requirements will be reviewed.

[4]

Standard 1.3.1 is varied by –

[4.1] inserting in Schedule 1, after item 1.1.2 -

1.1.3 Liquid milk to which phytosterol esters have been added

Code Substance Max Level
401 Sodium alginate 2 g/kg
407 Carrageenan 2 g/kg
412 Guar gum 2 g/kg
471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 2 g/kg

1.1.4 Liquid milk to which tall oil phytosterols have been added

Code Substance Max Level
460 Microcrystalline cellulose 5 g/kg

[4.2] inserting in Schedule 1 item 14.1.4 the heading -

**Formulated Beverages***

[4.3] inserting in Schedule 1 item 14.1.4 after the heading Formulated Beverages* -

Code Substance Max Level Notes
123 Amaranth 30 mg/kg
160b Annatto extracts 10 mg/kg products containing fruit or vegetable juice only
200 201 202 Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates 400 mg/kg
203
210 211 212 Benzoic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium benzoates 400 mg/kg
213
220 221 222 Sulphur dioxide and sodium and potassium sulphites 115 mg/kg
223 224 225
228
242 Dimethyl dicarbonate 250 mg/kg
281 Sodium propionate GMP products containing fruit or vegetable juice only
282 Calcium propionate GMP
385 Calcium disodium EDTA 33 mg/kg products containing fruit flavouring, juice or pulp or orange peel extract only
444 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate 200 mg/kg
445 Glycerol esters of wood rosins 100 mg/kg
480 Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate 10 mg/kg


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🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 89 – 2006 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Amendments, Phytosterol esters, Tall oil phytosterols, Legibility Requirements, Liquid milk, Formulated Beverages