New Zealand Gazette – 2009 – No. 119

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✨ Food Standards Amendment



2740 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 119 13 AUGUST 2009

[1.2] omitting from the Table to clause 2 –

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 5 years and pregnant or lactating women; and
3. plant sterols do not provide additional benefits when consumed in excess of three grams per day.

substituting –

Foods containing added tall oil phytosterols or 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.

[1.3] omitting subclause 3(2), substituting –

(2) Where a food listed in column 1 of the Table to this clause is not required to bear a label pursuant to clause 2 of Standard 1.2.1, the advisory statement listed in relation to that food in column 2 of the Table must be -

(a) displayed on or in connection with the display of the food; or
(b) displayed on or in connection with food dispensed from a vending machine.

[2] Standard 1.2.10 is varied by omitting paragraph 2(4)(g), substituting –

(g) food standardised in Standard 2.9.1; or

[3] Standard 1.2.11 is varied by omitting the Table to subclause 2(2), substituting –

Table to subclause 2(2)

Column 1 Column 2
Food Labelling requirement
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Where the food is displayed for retail sale other than in a package
Fish, including cut fish, filleted fish, fish that has been mixed with one or more other foods and fish that has undergone any other processing including cooking, smoking, drying, pickling or coating with another food
A label on or in connection with the display of the food -
(a) identifying the country or countries of origin of the food; or
(b) containing a statement indicating that the foods are a mix of local and/or imported foods as the case may be.

| Fresh pork, whole or cut, except where the product has been mixed with food not regulated by this subclause |
| | A label on or in connection with the display of the food -
| | (a) identifying the country or countries of origin of the food; or
| | (b) containing a statement indicating that the foods are a mix of local and/or imported foods as the case may be.

| Pork, whole or cut, that has been preserved by curing, drying, smoking or by other means, except where that product has been mixed with food not regulated by this subclause (other than those foods used in the preserving) |
| | A label on or in connection with the display of the food -
| | (a) identifying the country or countries of origin of the food; or
| | (b) containing a statement indicating that the foods are a mix of local and/or imported foods as the case may be.



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🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 111 – 2009 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, Food Standards Code, Amendment No. 111 – 2009, Labelling Requirements