✨ Food Standards Definitions
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
baked-on date, in relation to bread, means the date on which the bread was baked.
bear a label: a food for sale is taken to bear a label of a specified kind or with specified content if either of the following is part of or attached to the packaging of the food:
(a) a label of that kind or with that content;
(b) labels that together are of that kind or have that content.
best-before date, for a food for sale, means the date up to which the food will remain fully marketable and will retain any specific qualities for which express or implied claims have been made, if the food:
(a) remains in an intact package during its storage; and
(b) is stored in accordance with any storage conditions applicable under Standard 1.2.6.
biologically active substance means a substance, other than a nutrient, with which health effects are associated.
biomarker means a measurable biological parameter that is predictive of the risk of a *serious disease when present at an abnormal level in the human body.
bulk cargo container:
(a) means an article of transport equipment, being a lift van, movable tank, shipping container, aircraft cargo container or other similar structure:
(i) of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; and
(ii) specifically designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without immediate repacking; and
(iii) fitted with devices permitting its ready handling and its transfer from one mode of transport to another; and
(iv) so designed as to be easy to fill and empty; and
(v) having an internal volume of one cubic metre or more; and
(b) includes the normal accessories and equipment of the container, when imported with the container and used exclusively with it; and
(c) does not include any vehicle, or any ordinary packing case, crate, box, or other similar article used for packing.
business address means the street address, or a description of the location, of the premises from which a business is being operated.
carbohydrate, other than in the definition of beer (section 1.1.2—3), means available carbohydrate or available carbohydrate by difference.
caterer means a person, establishment or institution (for example, a catering establishment, a restaurant, a canteen, a school, or a hospital) which handles or offers food for immediate consumption.
characterising component—see section 1.1.2—4.
characterising ingredient—see section 1.1.2—4.
claim means an express or implied statement, representation, design or information in relation to a food or a property of food which is not mandatory in this Code.
claim requiring nutrition information:
(a) means:
(i) a nutrition content claim; or
(ii) a health claim; and
(b) does not include:
(i) a declaration that is required by an application Act; or
(ii) an endorsement.
Code, or this Code, means the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
code number, used in relation to a substance *used as a food additive, means either:
(a) the number set out in the table to Schedule 8 in relation to that substance; or
(b) that number preceded by the letter ‘E’.
colouring permitted at GMP—see section 1.1.2—11
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