New Zealand Gazette – 2015 – No. 49

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✨ Food Standards Amendment



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015

people in achieving specific nutritional or performance goals.

one-day quantity, in relation to a formulated supplementary sports food, means the amount of that food which is to be consumed in one day in accordance with directions specified in the label.

Note 2 Average energy content is calculated using the equation in section S11—2.

2.9.4—3 Composition of formulated supplementary sports foods

(1) Formulated supplementary sports food may contain:

(a) a vitamin or mineral if:

(i) the vitamin or mineral is listed in the table to section S29—16; and

(ii) it is added in a permitted form specified in:

(A) section S17—2 or S17—3; or

(B) section S29—17; and

(iii) the amount of the vitamin or mineral in the food is no more than the amount, if any, specified in Column 2 of the table in section S29—16; and

(b) an amino acid that is used as a nutritive substance, if:

(i) the amino acid is listed in the table to section S29—18; and

(ii) the amount of the amino acid added is no more than the amount specified in Column 2 of the table; and

(c) any other substance that is used as a nutritive substance, if:

(i) the substance is listed in the table to section S29—19; and

(ii) the amount of the substance added is no more than the amount specified in relation to that substance in Column 2 of the table.

(2) Formulated supplementary sports food must not contain, in a one-day quantity, more than:

(a) 70 mmol sodium; or

(b) 95 mmol potassium.

2.9.4—4 Labelling information

(1) For the labelling provisions:

(a) the required statements are:

(i) a statement to the effect that the food is not a sole source of nutrition and should be consumed in conjunction with a nutritious diet; and

(ii) a statement to the effect that the food should be used in conjunction with an appropriate physical training or exercise program; and

(iii) the warning statement ‘Not suitable for children under 15 years of age or pregnant women: Should only be used under medical or dietetic supervision’; and

(iv) if the food contains added phenylalanine—the warning statement ‘Phenylketonurics: Contains phenylalanine’; and

(b) the required information is:

(i) directions stating the recommended amount and frequency of intake of the food; and

(ii) a statement of the recommended consumption in one day; and

(iii) a nutrition information panel.

Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.

(2) ‘Formulated supplementary sports food’ is a prescribed name.

2.9.4—5 Nutritive substance claims

(1) This section applies in relation to a package of formulated supplementary sports food if:

(a) the label on the package includes a statement referring to the presence of a substance that is used as a nutritive substance in the food; and

(b) the substance is not a vitamin or a mineral; and

(c) the statement is not required by another provision of this Code.

(2) The label must either:

(a) state the amount by weight (expressed /100 g food or as a percentage) of the substance, either:

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