✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 136
15 NOVEMBER 2012
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 136
The following instruments are separate instruments in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments and are known collectively in the Food Standards Gazette as Amendment No. 136.
Food Standards (Application A1038 – Irradiation of Persimmons) 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.
Dated 12 November 2012.
Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
1 Name
This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1038 – Irradiation of Persimmons) 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 15 November 2012.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.1.1 is varied by –
[1.1] omitting from the Table to clause 8 –
Gy
Grays
substituting –
Gy
Gray
[1.2] inserting in the Table to clause 8 –
kGy
kiloGray
[2] Standard 1.5.3 is varied by –
[2.1] omitting the Purpose, substituting –
Purpose
This Standard prohibits irradiation of food unless an express permission is given. All permissions in the Standard are subject to dosage requirements, and only apply where irradiation is undertaken for a permitted purpose.
Irradiation of foods must be carried out in facilities that are appropriately licensed and registered for the purpose of irradiation.
There are various State, Territory, Commonwealth, New Zealand and International laws governing radiation control, and the operation of irradiation facilities. Other relevant Codes of Practice such as the Codex Alimentarius General Standard for Irradiated Foods 1983, and its associated Code of Practice for the Operation of Irradiation Facilities Used for the Treatment of Foods, also apply to irradiation processes.
[2.2] omitting the definitions of re-irradiate and technological need from clause 1
[2.3] omitting clause 2, substituting –
2 General prohibition on irradiation of food
Food must not be irradiated unless there is a specific permission in this Standard to irradiate the food.
[2.4] omitting clause 4, the Table to clause 4 and clause 5, substituting –
4 Foods permitted to be irradiated
A food listed in column 1 of the Table to this clause may be irradiated, provided that –
(a) irradiation is only carried out for a purpose or purposes listed in column 3 of the Table to this clause; and
(b) the absorbed dose of radiation is not below the minimum dose value or above the maximum dose value specified in column 2 of the Table to this clause.
Table to clause 4
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Food | Minimum and Maximum Dose (kGy) | Purpose |
| Bread fruit | Minimum: 150 Gy | Pest disinfestation for a phytosanitary objective. |
| Carambola | Maximum: 1 kGy | |
| Custard apple | ||
| Longan | ||
| Litchi | ||
| Mango | ||
| Mangosteen | ||
| Papaya (Paw paw) | ||
| Persimmon | ||
| Rambutan |
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Food Standards, Irradiation, Persimmons, Food Safety, Regulation
- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand