✨ Food Standards Amendment
100 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 3 18 JANUARY 2013
12 Nutrition content claims about properties of food not in Schedule 1
(1) A nutrition content claim about a property of food that is not mentioned in Schedule 1 may only state -
(a) that the food contains or does not contain the property of food, or
(b) that the food contains a specified amount of the property of food in a specified amount of that food, or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b).
(2) A statement made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) must not use a descriptor listed in Column 3 of Schedule 1 or any other descriptor except a descriptor that indicates that the food does not contain the property of food.
13 Nutrition content claims about choline, fluoride or folic acid
(1) A nutrition content claim about choline, fluoride or folic acid may only state -
(a) that the food contains choline, fluoride or folic acid, or
(b) that the food contains a specified amount of choline, fluoride or folic acid in a specified amount of that food, or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b).
(2) A statement made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) must not use a descriptor listed in Column 3 of Schedule 1 or any other descriptor.
(3) A nutrition content claim about choline, fluoride or folic acid may be made only if a health claim about that substance is made in relation to the same food.
14 Nutrition content claims must not imply slimming effects
A nutrition content claim that meets the conditions to use the descriptor diet must not use another descriptor that directly or indirectly refers to slimming or a synonym for slimming.
15 Comparative claims
(1) In this clause, a comparative claim means a nutrition content claim that directly or indirectly compares the nutrition content of one food or brand of food with another, and includes claims using the following descriptors -
(a) light or lite;
(b) increased;
(c) reduced;
or words of similar import.
(2) A nutrition content claim using the descriptor diet is a comparative claim if it meets the conditions for making that claim by having at least 40% less energy than the same quantity of reference food.
(3) A comparative claim about a food (the claimed food) must include together with the claim -
(a) the identity of the reference food; and
(b) the difference between the amount of the property of food in the claimed food and the reference food.
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