Food Standards Amendment




4102 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 156 9 OCTOBER 2008

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 103 – 2008

Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

Preamble

The variations set forth in the Schedule below are variations to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code published by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. P 27, on 27 August 1987, which have been varied from time to time.

Citation

These variations may be collectively known as the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 103 – 2008.

Commencement

These variations commence on 9 October 2008, with the exception of Items [7.1] and [16] which commence on 9 October 2009.

Correction of typographical error

Amendment No. 101 published in the New Zealand Gazette, 14 August 2008, No. 127, page 3333 contained the following typographical errors –

  • Item [5.2] – ‘chose’ in the 3rd item in the list in the Editorial note, should be ‘choose’
  • Item [6.1] – this applies to clause 2, not clause 1 as gazetted
  • Item [21.3] – this applies to Standard 2.4.1, rather than Standard 2.2.3 as gazetted
  • Item [40] – this applies to Standard 3.1.1, rather than Standard 3.3.1 as gazetted

SCHEDULE

[1] Standard 1.1.1 is varied by –

[1.1] omitting the definition of Code in clause 2, substituting -

Code has the same meaning as Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as defined in section 4 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

[1.2] omitting from the definition of code number in clause 2 -

Standard 1.3.1

substituting -

Standard 1.2.4.

[1.3] omitting subclause 5(1), substituting -

(1) In this Code, guidelines as developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand pursuant to section 13(1)(c) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 are to assist in the interpretation of the Code and are not legally binding.

[1.4] omitting from subclause 5(2) -

Commentary and

[2] Standard 1.2.3 is varied by omitting from the Table to clause 4 -

Tree nuts and sesame seeds and their products

substituting -

Tree nuts and sesame seeds and their products other than coconut from the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera

[3] Standard 1.2.4 is varied by –

[3.1] inserting the subclause number (1) before the words In this Standard in clause 1, and inserting after that subclause -

(2) Nothing in this Standard affects the mandatory declaration requirements in Standard 1.2.3.

[3.2] omitting from the Table to clause 4 -

Milk solids
No specific condition set

substituting -

Milk solids
May be used to describe milk powder, skim milk powder, dried milk products standardised in this Code and/or any two or more of the following ingredients: whey, whey powder, whey proteins, lactose, caseinates, milk proteins and milk fat.

[3.3] inserting in Part 1 of Schedule 2 -

Steviol glycosides
960

[3.4] inserting in Part 2 of Schedule 2 -

Steviol glycosides
960

[4] Standard 1.2.8 is varied by –

[4.1] omitting the heading to clause 1, substituting -

1 Interpretation

[4.2] inserting the subclause number (1) before the words In this Standard in clause 1, and inserting after that subclause –



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