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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(b) has the purpose of enhancing mental performance.
To avoid doubt, a formulated caffeinated beverage is a water based flavoured drink for the purposes of item 14.1.3 of section S15—5, and section S18—10.
In this Standard:
listed substance means a substance listed in Column 1 of the table in section S28—2.
2.6.4—3 Composition—formulated caffeinated beverages
A formulated caffeinated beverage:
(a) must contain no less than 145 mg/L and no more than 320 mg/L of caffeine in total, from any source; and
(b) may contain a listed substance.
2.6.4—4 Prohibition on mixing formulated caffeinated beverages
A food for sale (other than a formulated caffeinated beverage) must not be a mixture of a non-alcoholic beverage and a formulated caffeinated beverage.
2.6.4—5 Labelling requirements—formulated caffeinated beverage
Required declarations
(1) For the labelling provisions, the required declarations of average quantities are a declaration of the average quantity, per serving size and per 100 mL, of:
(a) caffeine, expressed in milligrams; and
(b) each listed substance (if any) that the beverage contains, expressed in the units in Column 2 of the table to section S28—2.
Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.
(2) The declarations under subsection (1):
(a) may be adjacent to or follow a nutrition information panel on the label; and
(b) may be set out in the format in section S12—5; and
(c) may not be set out in the nutrition information panel.
Required advisory statements
(3) For the labelling provisions, the required advisory statements are statements to the effect that:
(a) the food contains caffeine; and
(b) the food is not recommended for:
(i) children; or
(ii) pregnant or lactating women; or
(iii) individuals sensitive to caffeine; and
(c) if the food contains a listed substance—no more than a one-day quantity should be consumed per day.
Note 1 The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.
Note 2 Subsection 1.2.1—9(7) and paragraph 1.2.1—9(8)(g) each contain a labelling requirement for formulated caffeinated beverages that are not required to bear a label.
Note 3 For a formulated caffeinated beverage, the one-day quantity is the maximum amount that should be consumed in a day. For each listed substance that the beverage contains, a one-day quantity will not contain more than the amount in the corresponding row of the table to section S28—2.
(4) For the advisory statement required by paragraph (3)(c), the one-day quantity may be expressed as mL, or as cans or bottles, as appropriate.
(5) For paragraph (3)(c), to determine the one-day quantity:
(a) for each listed substance that the food contains, calculate the equivalent amount in accordance with the equation in subsection (6); and
(b) select, as the one-day quantity, the lowest of the equivalent amounts as so calculated.
(6) For subsection (5), the equation is:
$$equivalent_amount = \frac{permitted_amount}{concentration} \times 1000$$
where:
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