✨ Food Standards Variations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 133 — 7 DECEMBER 2015
"(e) kava or any substance derived from kava;
(f) if the food is for retail sale – raw apricot kernels."
[1.2] omitting paragraph 1.1.1—10(6)(i), and substituting
"(i) kava or any substance derived from kava;
(j) raw apricot kernels."
[1.3] inserting after Note 3 following subsection 1.1.1—10(6)
"Note 4 Relevant permissions for raw apricot kernels are contained in Standard 1.4.4."
[2] Standard 1.1.2 is varied by inserting in subsection 1.1.2—3(2) in appropriate alphabetical position
"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."
[3] Standard 1.4.4 is varied by inserting after section 1.4.4—4
"1.4.4—5 Exception relating to raw apricot kernels
Raw apricot kernels may be used as an ingredient in a food for sale if the kernels have been or will be subject to processing or a treatment that renders them safe for human consumption."
Food Standards (Proposal P1037– Amendments associated with Nutrition Content & Health Claims) 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. This variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 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. 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 P1037 – Amendments associated with Nutrition Content & Health Claims) 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
The variation commences on the date of gazettal.
SCHEDULE
[1] Standard 1.1.1 is varied by -
[1.1] inserting after clause 1 -
"1A Application of the Code to prescribed variations
(1) For the purposes of this clause -
prescribed variations means the variations to the Code made by the Variation other than the variations made by items 1.2, 2.3 and 3.1 of the Schedule to the Variation.
transitional period means the period of time that commences on the date that the Variation commenced and ends on 18 January 2017.
the Variation means the Food Standards (Proposal P1037 – Amendments associated with Nutrition Content & Health Claims) Variation.
(2) Subclause 1(2) of this Standard does not apply to the prescribed variations.
(3) During the transition period, a food product may comply with either -
(a) the Code as in force without the prescribed variations; or
(b) the Code as amended by the prescribed variations,
but not a combination of both.
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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare30 November 2015
Food Standards, Revocation, Transitional Variation, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Kava, Raw Apricot Kernels
- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
🏥 Food Standards (Proposal P1037 – Amendments associated with Nutrition Content & Health Claims) Variation
🏥 Health & Social Welfare30 November 2015
Food Standards, Nutrition Content, Health Claims, Variation
- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand