New Zealand Gazette – 2009 – No. 101

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✨ Food Standards Amendments



2314 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 101 16 JULY 2009

[3.3] inserting after clause 2 -

2A Addition of fluoride to packaged water

(1) In this clause, water suitable for added fluoride means water presented in packaged form which -

(a) does not contain sugars, sweeteners, flavourings or other food; and

(b) is not carbonated.

(2) Fluoride must not be added to water presented in packaged form except in accordance with this clause.

(3) Fluoride may be added to water suitable for added fluoride provided that -

(a) the total amount of the naturally occurring and any added fluoride is no less than 0.6 mg/L and no more than 1 mg/L; and

(b) the form of fluoride added is -

    (i) hydrofluorosilicic acid (fluorosilicic acid);

    (ii)    sodium fluoride; or

    (iii)   sodium fluorosilicate (sodium silicofluoride).

2B Labelling of packaged water

(1) The label on water presented in packaged form with added fluoride must contain a statement to the effect that the product contains added fluoride.

(2) Subject to subclause (3), the label on water presented in packaged form may include a typical analysis which lists the total concentration of any naturally occurring compound expressed in either mg/L or parts per million.

(3) A typical analysis may also include added fluoride provided that only the total amount of the naturally occurring and added fluoride is specified.

(4) A typical analysis which complies with subclauses (2) and (3) is not a nutrition claim for the purposes of Standard 1.2.8.

[4] The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code is varied by inserting -

STANDARD 2.10.3
CHEWING GUM

Purpose

This Standard regulates the addition of calcium to chewing gum containing no more than 0.2% residual sugars; the calcium claims which can be made in relation to chewing gum containing no more than 0.2% residual sugars and certain other labelling requirements.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation
2 Permitted addition of calcium
3 Calcium claim
4 Labelling requirements
5 Small packages

Clauses

1 Interpretation

In this Standard -

calcium claim means a claim about the presence of calcium in chewing gum.

chewing gum suitable for added calcium means chewing gum containing no more than 0.2% residual sugars.

releasable calcium means the amount of calcium released into the mouth during 20 minutes of chewing calculated using the following formula -

Ca_R = \frac{(Ca_O \times W_O) - (Ca_C \times W_C)}{W_O}

Where -

Ca_R is the releasable calcium (mg/g of chewing gum)

Ca_O is the original calcium concentration in the chewing gum (mg/g)

W_O is the weight of the original chewing gum (g)

Ca_C is the residual calcium in gum that has been chewed for 20 minutes (mg/g)

W_C is the weight of the chewed gum (g).

Editorial note:

As a guide, procedures and apparatus for determining releasable constituents from chewing gum are published in the British Pharmacopoeia and the European Pharmacopoeia, and are under consideration for inclusion in the United States Pharmacopeia.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Amendment to Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food standards, Packaged water, Fluoride regulations, Food additives, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

🏥 Insertion of Standard 2.10.3 for Chewing Gum

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food standards, Chewing gum, Calcium addition, Labelling requirements