New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 132

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✨ Food Standards Amendment



3846 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 132 9 NOVEMBER 2006

950 Acesulphame potassium 3000 mg/kg
951 Aspartame GMP
954 Saccharin 150 mg/kg
955 Sucralose GMP
Clause 4 limits do not apply
956 Alitame 40 mg/kg
957 Thaumatin GMP
961 Neotame GMP
962 Aspartame-acesulphame salt 6800 mg/kg

[5] Standard 1.3.2 is varied by inserting in the Table to clause 3 –

Formulated Beverages 600 mL
Folate 50 µg (25%)
Vitamin C 40 mg (100%)
Carotene forms of Vitamin A 200 µg (25%)
Niacin 2.5 mg (25%)
Thiamin 0.28 mg (25%)
Riboflavin 0.43 mg (25%)
Calcium 200 mg (25%)
Iron 3.0 mg (25%)
Magnesium 80 mg (25%)
Vitamin B6 0.4 mg (25%)
Vitamin B12 0.5 µg (25%)
Vitamin D 2.5 µg (25%)
Vitamin E 2.5 mg (25%)
Iodine 38 µg (25%)
Pantothenic acid 1.3 mg (25%)
Selenium 17.5 µg (25%)

[6] Standard 1.3.4 is varied by omitting from the Schedule –

Specification for tall oil phytosterols derived from tall oils

Tall oil phytosterols (non-esterified) are derived from tall oil soap, a by-product of the pulping process and then purified.

| Total Phytosterol/phytostanol content (%) | min. 95 |
| Loss on drying (water (%)) | max. 5.0 |
| Solvents (%) | max. 0.5 |
| Residue on ignition (%) | max. 0.1 |
| Total Heavy metals (ppm) | max. 10 |
| Cadmium (ppm) | max. 1.0 |
| Mercury (ppm) | max. 1.0 |
| Arsenic (ppm) | max. 2.0 |
| Lead (ppm) | max. 0.25 |
| Total aerobic count (CFU/g) | max. 10,000 |
| Combined moulds and yeasts (CFU/g) | max. 100 |
| Coliforms | Negative to test |
| E. coli | Negative to test |
| Salmonella | Negative to test |

Major Sterol profile (%) as below –

| Campesterol | min. 4.0 | max. 25.0 |
| Campestanol | min. 0.0 | max. 14.0 |
| β-Sitosterol | min. 36.0 | max. 79.0 |
| β-Sitostanol | min. 6.0 | max. 34 |

substituting –

Specification for tall oil phytosterols derived from tall oils

Tall oil phytosterols (non-esterified) are derived from tall oil soap, a by-product of the pulping process and then purified.

| Total Phytosterol/phytostanol content (%) | min. 97 |
| Loss on drying (water (%)) | max. 4.0 |
| Solvents (%) | max. 0.5 |
| Residue on ignition (%) | max. 0.1 |
| Total Heavy metals (ppm) | max. 2 |
| Cadmium (ppm) | max. 0.1 |
| Mercury (ppm) | max. 0.1 |



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 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, Nutritional standards, Food additives, Health regulations