✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(f) is not mixed with any other beverage.
fruit drink means a product that is prepared from:
(a) one or more of the following:
(i) fruit juice;
(ii) fruit purée;
(iii) concentrated fruit juice;
(iv) concentrated fruit purée;
(v) comminuted fruit;
(vi) orange peel extract; and
(b) one or more of the following:
(i) water;
(ii) mineralised water; and
(iii) sugars.
mineral water or spring water means ground water obtained from subterranean water-bearing strata that, in its natural state, contains soluble matter.
non-alcoholic beverage :
(a) means:
(i) packaged water; or
(ii) a water-based beverage, or a water-based beverage that contains other foods (other than alcoholic beverages); or
(iii) an electrolyte drink; and
(b) does not include a brewed soft drink.
2.6.2—3 Composition requirement for packaged water
(1) This section applies to a food for sale that consists of water presented in packaged form.
(2) The food for sale may contain carbon dioxide, whether added or naturally occurring.
(3) The food for sale must not contain:
(a) a chemical (other than fluoride) listed in Table A3.3 Guideline values for chemicals that are of health significance in drinking-water of Annex 3 Chemical summary tables in the Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition, 2011, World Health Organization, Geneva, at a level greater than the guideline value for the chemical specified in that Table; or
(b) fluoride that is naturally-occurring in the water at a level greater than 1.0 mg/L.
Note Subsection (3) and subsection (4), and Schedule 28, will be repealed on 21 February 2015, and subsection (5) will be renumbered as subsection (3). See section 5.1.1—4.
2.6.2—4 Addition of fluoride to packaged water
A food for sale consisting of water presented in packaged form may contain added fluoride only if:
(a) the water does not contain sugars, sweeteners, flavouring substances or other food; and
(b) the water is not carbonated; and
(c) the total amount of the naturally occurring and any added fluoride is no less than 0.6 mg/L and no more than 1.0 mg/L; and
(d) the form of fluoride added is:
(i) hydrofluorosilicic acid (fluorosilicic acid); or
(ii) sodium fluoride; or
(iii) sodium fluorosilicate (sodium silicofluoride).
2.6.2—5 Labelling—composition of packaged water
(1) For the labelling provisions, for water presented in packaged form that contains added fluoride, a statement to the effect that the water contains added fluoride is required.
Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.
(2) For the labelling provisions, a typical analysis that lists the total concentration of any naturally occurring
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