✨ Food Standards Amendment
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Editorial note:
For the definition of claim, see clause 2 of Standard 1.1.1.
polyunsaturated fatty acids is as defined in Standard 1.2.8.
property of food means a component, ingredient, constituent or other feature of food.
reference food means a food that is -
(a) of the same type as the food for which a claim is made and that has not been further processed, formulated, reformulated or modified to increase or decrease the energy value or the amount of the nutrient for which the claim is made; or
(b) a dietary substitute for the food in the same food group as the food for which a claim is made.
Editorial note:
An example for paragraph (a) is reduced fat milk compared to whole milk (the reference food).
An example for paragraph (b) is milk alternatives compared to milk products (the reference food).
salt is as defined in Standard 2.10.2.
saturated fatty acids is as defined in Standard 1.2.8.
serious disease means a disease, disorder or condition which is generally diagnosed, treated or managed in consultation with or with supervision by a health care professional.
small package is as defined in Standard 1.2.1.
sugars is as defined in Standard 1.2.8.
trans fatty acids is as defined in Standard 1.2.8.
vegetable means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that are present in the typical proportion of the whole vegetable (with or without the peel or water) but does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, dried legumes (including dried legumes that have been cooked or rehydrated) and seeds.
Part 2 – Claims framework and general principles
3 Nutrition content claims or health claims not to be made about certain foods
A nutrition content claim or health claim must not be made about -
(a) kava; or
(b) a food that contains more than 1.15% alcohol by volume, other than a nutrition content claim about energy content or carbohydrate content; or
(c) an infant formula product.
Editorial note:
Kava is standardised in Standard 2.6.3.
Infant formula product is standardised in Standard 2.9.1.
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