✨ Food Standards Variation
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 133 — 7 DECEMBER 2015
Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 101 on 7 December 2015. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.
1 Name
This instrument is the Food Standards (Proposal P1016 – Hydrocyanic Acid in Apricot Kernels & other Foods) Variation.
2 Variation to Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
3 Commencement
The variation commences on the date of gazettal.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.4.4 is varied by -
[1.1] inserting after clause 2 -
“3 Raw apricot kernels
(1) Raw apricot kernels must not be sold in a retail sale.
(2) Raw apricot kernels must not be used as an ingredient in a food unless the kernels have been or will be subject to processing or a treatment that renders them safe for human consumption.
(3) To avoid doubt, nothing in this clause prevents the sale of apricots containing their raw apricot kernels or the use of such apricots as an ingredient in a food.
(4) Nothing in this clause affects the operation of clause 4 of Standard 1.4.1.
(5) For the purposes of this clause -
raw apricot kernels means the nut found within the hard shell or stone of Prunus armeniaca and includes hulled, dehulled, blanched, ground, milled, cracked, chopped or whole kernels.
(6) Subclause 1(2) of Standard 1.1.1 does not apply in relation to any variation made by Food Standards (Proposal P1016 – Hydrocyanic Acid in Apricot Kernels & other Foods) Variation.”
[1.2] updating the Table of Provisions to reflect these variations.
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015 (Proposal P1016 – Hydrocyanic Acid in Apricot Kernels & other Foods)
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 variation commences on the date specified in clause 2 of this variation.
Dated 30 November 2015
Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 101 on 7 December 2015.
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015 (Proposal P1016– Hydrocyanic Acid in Apricot Kernels & Other Foods).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 March 2016 immediately after the commencement of Standard 5.1.1 – Revocation and transitional provisions —2014 Revision.
3 Schedule
The Schedule varies Standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.1.1 is varied by
[1.1] omitting paragraph 1.1.1—10(5)(e), and substituting
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Food Standards Variation for Hydrocyanic Acid in Apricot Kernels & other Foods
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare30 November 2015
Food Standards, Hydrocyanic Acid, Apricot Kernels, Food Safety, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
🏥 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015
🏥 Health & Social Welfare30 November 2015
Food Standards, Revocation, Transitional Variation, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand