✨ Food Standards Code Amendment
27 JUNE 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 71
(2) A provision in another Standard that limits the amount of a substance mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) that may be added to a food does not apply to a food for special medical purposes.
7 Compositional requirements for food represented as being suitable for use as a sole source of nutrition
(1) If a food for special medical purposes is represented as being suitable for use as a sole source of nutrition, the food must contain -
(a) not less than the minimum amount, as prescribed in Column 2 of Schedule 2, of each vitamin, mineral and electrolyte contained in Column 1 of that Schedule; and
(b) if applicable, not more than the maximum amount, as prescribed in Column 3 of Schedule 2, of each vitamin and mineral contained in Column 1 of that Schedule.
(2) However, the food is not required to comply with subclause (1) to the extent that -
(a) a variation from a maximum or minimum amount is required for a particular medical purpose; and
(b) the food is labelled in accordance with subclause 10(2).
Division 4 – Labelling
Subdivision 1 – Outline of requirements
8 Labelling and related requirements
(1) There must be a label on a package of food for special medical purposes.
(2) Subject to sub clauses (3) and (4), the label must comply with the requirements of Subdivision 2.
(3) The requirements of Subdivision 3 apply instead of Subdivision 2 if the package is an inner package.
(4) The requirements of Subdivision 4 apply instead of Subdivision 2 to transportation outer.
(5) To avoid doubt, this Division does not apply to a food for special medical purposes that is not in a package.
Subdivision 2 – General labelling requirements
9 Mandatory information
The label on a package of food for special medical purposes must include the following information -
(a) a name or a description of the food sufficient to indicate the true nature of the food;
(b) the lot identification of the food;
(c) directions for the use of the food or the storage of the food, or both, if the food is of such a nature to require directions for health or safety reasons;
(d) the minimum or average energy content expressed per given quantity of the food;
(e) the average quantity or minimum quantity, expressed per given quantity of the food, of -
(i) protein, fat and carbohydrate; and
(ii) any vitamin, mineral or electrolyte present in the food, if the vitamin, mineral or electrolyte has been added to the food; and
(iii) any substance present in the food, if that substance is listed under Column 1 of Schedule 1 and has been added to the food; and
(iv) subject to sub clauses 14(4) and 15(5) of this Standard, any other substance if a nutrition claim as defined in Standard 1.2.8 is made in relation to that substance.Next Page →
NZ Gazette 2012, No 71
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Amendment No. 132 to the Food Standards Code
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare22 June 2012
Food Standards Code, Amendment, Special Medical Purposes, Raw Milk Products, Compositional Requirements, Labelling