✨ Food Standards Variation
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 100
11 JULY 2011
(3) If the food is of a kind listed in column 1 of the Table to this clause, the food must be labelled with, or accompanied by, the directions for use set out in column 2.
Table to clause 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Food | Directions for use |
| Raw bamboo shoots | A statement that indicates that bamboo shoots should be fully cooked before being consumed. |
| Raw sweet cassava | A statement that indicates that sweet cassava should be peeled and fully cooked before being consumed. |
[9.3] updating the Table of Provisions to reflect these amendments
[10] Standard 1.2.8 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code is varied by -
[10.1] omitting acids after bonds from the definition of polyunsaturated fatty acids in clause 1
[10.2] omitting acids after bonds from the definition of saturated fatty acids in clause 1
[10.3] omitting acids after configuration from the definition of trans fatty acids in clause 1
[10.4] omitting clause 3, substituting -
3 Nutrition information requirements and exemptions
Subject to clause 4, the label on a package of food must include a nutrition information panel except where the food is -
(a) deleted
(b) an alcoholic beverage standardised in Standard 2.7.2 to Standard 2.7.5 of this Code; or
(c) a herb, a spice, a herbal infusion; or
(d) vinegar and related products as standardised in Standard 2.10.1; or
(e) salt and salt products as standardised in Standard 2.10.2; or
(f) tea, decaffeinated tea, decaffeinated instant or soluble tea, instant or soluble tea, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, decaffeinated instant or soluble coffee, instant or soluble coffee, as defined in Standard 1.1.2; or
(g) an additive for the purposes of Standard 1.3.1; or
(h) a processing aid as defined in Standard 1.3.3; or
(i) fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, and fish that comprise a single ingredient or category of ingredients; or
(j) in a small package; or
(k) gelatine as defined in Standard 1.1.2; or
(l) water, or mineral water or spring water as defined in Standard 2.6.2; or
(m) prepared filled rolls, sandwiches, bagels and similar products; or
(n) jam setting compound; or
(o) a kit which is intended to be used to produce an alcoholic beverage standardised in Standard 2.7.2 to Standard 2.7.5 of this Code; or
(p) a beverage containing no less than 0.5% alcohol by volume that is not standardised in Standard 2.7.2 to Standard 2.7.5 of this Code; or
(q) kava as standardised in Standard 2.6.3.
[10.5] omitting subclause 5(7), substituting -
(7) The information prescribed in subclause (4) and subclause (5), where required to be included in a nutritional information panel, must be set out in the following format -
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