✨ Food Standards Amendments
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 100
11 JULY 2011
(3) The ingredients in an alcoholic beverage, standardised in Standards 2.7.2 to 2.7.5 of this Code, do not need to be declared in a statement of ingredients if the alcoholic beverage has been declared as an ingredient in the food.
Table to clause 6
| Amount of compound ingredient in the food | Ingredients of the compound ingredient to be included in the statement of ingredients |
|---|---|
| 5% or more | All ingredients |
| less than 5% | 1. If applicable, any substance listed in the Table to clause 4 of Standard 1.2.3; and |
| 2. all food additives in the compound ingredient that perform a technological function in the final food |
Editorial note:
An example for clause 6 is the statement of ingredients for canned spaghetti, which could read -
‘tomatoes, water, spaghetti (wheat flour, egg, water), sugar, salt, flavours’
under option (a) or -
‘tomatoes, water, wheat flour, egg, sugar, salt, flavours’
under option (b).
[7.5] omitting specific name from subclause 8(2), substituting prescribed name
[7.6] inserting the words as indicated in Schedule 2 of this Standard at the end of subclause 8(5)
[7.7] inserting following clause 9 -
10 Process declaration for oil
If a food contains oil as an ingredient, and the specific source name of the oil is used on the label of the food, the label must include the statement prescribed in clause 3 of Standard 2.4.1.
[7.8] inserting the following entries in Part 1 and Part 2 of Schedule 2 -
| Acetylated oxidised starch | 1451 |
| Sodium gluconate | 576 |
[7.9] omitting blackcurrent from Part 2 of Schedule 2, substituting blackcurrant
[7.10] updating the Table of Provisions to reflect these amendments
[8] Standard 1.2.5 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code is varied by -
[8.1] omitting from the definition of use-by date in clause 1 health and safety, substituting health or safety
[8.2] omitting the first paragraph from the Editorial note following subclause 2(2)
[8.3] omitting clause 5 and the Examples under clause 5, substituting -
5 Prescribed form of date
(1) If the best-before date or use-by date of a food is not more than 3 months from the date it is applied, the date mark must consist at least of the day and month, expressed in that order.
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