Food Standards Amendment




13 AUGUST 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 119 2743

[5] Standard 1.3.2 is varied by omitting from clause 1 the definition of claimable food, substituting -

claimable food means a food which consists of at least 90% by weight of -

(a) primary foods; or

(b) foods listed in the Table to clause 3; or

(c) a mixture of -

(i) primary foods; and/or

(ii) water; and/or;

(iii) foods listed in the Table to clause 3 excluding butter, cream and cream products, edible oils, edible oil spreads and margarine.

[6] Standard 1.3.3 is varied by -

[6.1] omitting from clause 1 the definition of silicates, substituting -

silica or silicates includes sodium calcium polyphosphate silicate, sodium hexafluorosilicate, sodium metasilicate, sodium silicate and modified silica that complies with a monograph specification in clause 2 or clause 3 of Standard 1.3.4.

[6.2] omitting from the Table to clause 3 -

| Ammonium chloride |

[6.3] omitting from the Table to clause 3 -

| Silicates |

substituting -

| Silica or silicates |

[6.4] omitting from the Table to clause 17 the entries for Asparaginase EC 3.5.1.1, substituting -

| Asparaginase |
| EC 3.5.1.1 |

| Aspergillus niger
| Aspergillus oryzae |

[7] Standard 1.3.4 is varied by -

[7.1] omitting clause 2, substituting -

2 Substances with specifications in primary sources

A substance must comply with a relevant monograph (if any) published in one of the following -

(a) Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, FAO JECFA Monograph 1 (2005) as superseded by specifications published in FAO JECFA Monographs 3 (2006) and FAO JECFA Monographs 4 (2007) and FAO JECFA Monographs 5 (2008), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome; or

(b) Food Chemicals Codex (6th Edition) published by United States Pharmacopoeia (2008); or

(c) the Schedule to this Standard.

[7.2] omitting clause 3, substituting -

3 Substances with specifications in secondary sources

If there is no monograph applying to a substance under clause 2, the substance must comply with a relevant monograph (if any) published in one of the following -

(a) the British Pharmacopoeia 2009, TSO, Norwich (2008); or

(b) The United States Pharmacopeia, 32nd Revision and The National Formulary, 27th Edition; or

(c) The Pharmaceutical Codex, 12th Edition, Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The Pharmaceutical Press, London (1994); or

(d) Martindale; The Complete Drug Reference. The Pharmaceutical Press London (2007); or

(e) the European Pharmacopoeia 6th Edition, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (2007); or

(f) the International Pharmacopoeia 4th Edition, World Health Organization, Geneva (2006); or

(g) The Merck Index, 14th Edition, (2006); or

(h) Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, 1 April 2008; or

(i) the Specifications and Standards for Food Additives, 7th edition (2000), Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan).

[7.3] inserting in the Schedule -

bentonite

Specification for bentonite

Bentonite must comply with a monograph specification in clause 2 or clause 3 of this Standard, except that the pH determination for a bentonite dispersion must be no less than 4.5 and no more than 10.5.

[8] Standard 1.4.1 is varied by -

[8.1] omitting clause 6 from the Table of Provisions, substituting -

6 Sampling plan for mercury in fish, fish products, crustacea and molluscs

[8.2] omitting subclause 1(6), substituting -

(6) For a mixed food, the prescribed formula for the purposes of this Standard is -

ML1 = (MLA × Total A) + (MLB × Total B) + CF × (Total − (Total A + Total B))


Total Total Total



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

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, Food Standards Code, Amendment No. 111 – 2009, Labelling Requirements, Food Additives