New Zealand Gazette – 2011 – No. 5

Page 109

✨ Food Standards Amendment



20 JANUARY 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 5 109

Citation

These variations may be collectively known as the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 120 – 2011.

Commencement

These variations commence on 20 January 2011.

Correction of Typographical Errors

The following text was inadvertently omitted from Amendment No. 119 published on 30 September 2010 -

[1.2] inserting in Schedule 1, above item 4.1.1 Untreated fruits and vegetables -

Permissions for sulphur

dioxide when used as an

agricultural chemical are
contained in Standard 1.4.2

SCHEDULE

[1] Standard 1.5.2 is varied by -

[1.1] omitting the Purpose clause, substituting -

Simplified outline of this Standard

Division 1 of this Standard sets out the permission and conditions for the sale and use of foods produced using gene technology.

Division 2 of this Standard specifies the labelling and other information requirements for foods produced using gene technology.

[1.2] omitting subparagraph (b)(ii) from the definition of line in clause 1, substituting -

(ii) any other plant that contains a transformation event or events, whether expressed as a line or event,

that is listed in Column 3 of the Schedule;

[1.3] inserting the subclause number (1) before the words For the purposes of this Standard in clause 1, and inserting after that subclause -

(2) To avoid doubt, columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule contain additional information that is not part of this Code.

Information in these columns may be added to or edited in any published version of this Code.

[1.4] omitting clause 2 and the Table to clause 2, substituting -

2 General prohibition on the sale and use of food produced using gene technology

A food produced using gene technology, other than a substance regulated as a food additive or processing aid, must not be sold or used as an ingredient or component of any food unless it is listed in Column 3 of the Schedule and complies with any corresponding conditions in Column 4.

[1.5] omitting from clause 7 -

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Division, Column 2 of the Table to clause 2 may specify labelling or other information requirements in relation to food produced using gene technology listed in Column 1 of the Table where -

substituting -

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Division, Column 4 of the Schedule may specify labelling or other information requirements in relation to food produced using gene technology listed in Column 3 of the Schedule where -

[1.6] inserting after clause 7 -

SCHEDULE

Permitted Foods produced using Gene Technology

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Commodity Item Food produced using gene technology Special conditions
Canola 1.1 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant canola line GT73
1.2 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant canola Topas 19/2 and T45 and herbicide-tolerant and pollination-controlled lines Ms1, Ms8, Rf1, Rf2, Rf3
1.3 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant canola line Westar-Oxy-235
Corn 2.1 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant corn line GA21
2.2 Food derived from insect-protected corn line MON810
2.3 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant and insect-protected corn line Bt11
2.4 Food derived from insect-protected corn line Bt176
2.5 Food derived from herbicide-tolerant corn line T25


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