NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 124

11 OCTOBER 2012

Food Standards (Proposal P1021 – Code Maintenance X) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

The Editorial notes and Examples in this instrument have been provided for completeness only. They are not part of the approval of the amendments to the Standards.

Editorial notes and Examples are not, by virtue of the definition of "standard" in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, part of the a draft standard and therefore not subject to the standards development process under Part 3 of that Act.

Dated 4 October 2012.

Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Proposal P1021 – Code Maintenance X) Variation.

2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies the Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

These variations commence on 11 October 2012, except for Items [3.1], [3.3], [6.3], [6.5], [6.7], and [6.10] which commence 11 October 2014.

SCHEDULE

[1] Standard 1.1.1 is varied by omitting from subclause 16(1) "2010" and substituting "2012"

[2] Standard 1.2.1 is varied by omitting from paragraph 2(2)(k) "clause 3" and substituting "clause 2"

[3] Standard 1.2.4 is varied by

[3.1] omitting from Part 1 of Schedule 2

"Tocopherols concentrate, mixed         306"

[3.2] inserting in Part 1 of Schedule 2 in alphabetical order

"Tocopherols concentrate, mixed         307b"

[3.3] inserting at the end of Part 1 of the Schedule 2

Editorial note:

The permissions for food additive Tocopherols, concentrate mixed with INS Number 306 will be repealed 2 years after the date of gazettal of the Food Standards (Proposal P1021 – Code Maintenance X) Variation.

[3.4] omitting from Part 2 of Schedule 2

"Tocopherols concentrate, mixed         306"

[3.5] inserting in Part 2 of Schedule 2 in numerical order

"Tocopherols concentrate, mixed         307b"

[3.6] omitting from Schedule 2

"470        Aluminium, calcium, sodium
    magnesium potassium and
    ammonium salts of fatty acids"

(twice occurring) and substituting

"470        Fatty acid salts of aluminium, ammonia,
    calcium, magnesium, potassium and
    sodium"

[3.7] inserting at the end of Part 1 of the Schedule 1

Editorial note:

The permissions for food additive Tocopherols, concentrate mixed with INS Number 306 will be repealed 2 years after the date of gazettal of the Food Standards (Proposal P1021 – Code Maintenance X) Variation.

[4] Standard 1.2.5 is varied by omitting from the Examples to subclause 5(4) "paragraph" (wherever occurring) and substituting "subclause"

[5] Standard 1.2.8 is varied by

[5.1] inserting in paragraph 3(l) ", ice" after "water" (first occurring)

[5.2] omitting from subclause 5(7)

"Dietary fibre, total       g                       g
                *                               g"

and substituting

"Dietary fibre, total       g                       g
                –*                          g"

[6] Standard 1.3.1 is varied by

[6.1] omitting from the Table of Provisions "Permitted synthetic flavourings" and substituting "Permitted flavouring substances"