✨ Food Standards Code Definitions
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(b) will not be subject to a *listericidal process before consumption; and
(c) is not one of the following:
(i) shelf stable foods;
(ii) whole raw fruits;
(iii) whole raw vegetables
(iv) nuts in the shell;
(v) live bivalve molluscs.
reference food, in relation to a claim, means a food that is:
(a) of the same type as the food for which the claim is made and that has not been further processed, formulated, reformulated or modified to increase or decrease the energy value or the amount of the nutrient for which the claim is made; or
(b) a dietary substitute for the food in the same *food group as the food for which the claim is made.
reference quantity means:
(a) for a food listed in the table to section S17—4, either:
(i) the amount specified in the table for that food; or
(ii) for a food that requires dilution or reconstitution according to directions—the amount of the food that, when diluted or reconstituted, produces the quantity referred to in subparagraph (i); or
(b) for all other foods:
(i) a normal serving; or
(ii) for a food that requires dilution, reconstitution, draining or preparation according to directions—the amount of the food that, when diluted, reconstituted, drained or prepared produces a normal serving.
releasable calcium, Ca_R, means the amount of calcium, in mg/g of chewing gum, released into the mouth during 20 minutes of chewing that is calculated using the following equation:
$$Ca_R = rac{(Ca_O imes W_O) - (Ca_C imes W_C)}{W_O}$$
where:
$Ca_O$ is the original calcium concentration in the chewing gum in mg/g of chewing gum.
$W_O$ is the weight of the original chewing gum in g.
$Ca_C$ is the residual calcium in the gum after it has been chewed for 20 minutes in mg/g of chewing gum.
$W_C$ is the weight of the chewed gum in g.
relevant authority means an authority responsible for the enforcement of the relevant application Act.
responsible institution means a hospital, hospice, aged care facility, disability facility, prison, boarding school or similar institution that is responsible for the welfare of its patients or residents and provides food to them.
saturated fatty acids means the total of fatty acids containing no double bonds.
sell—see subsection (2) (the term has the same meaning as in the relevant application Act).
Note Each of the various application Acts has a definition of sell. These all have a similar effect and make the concept very broad; they include offering or displaying for sale, and other contexts that go beyond the ordinary meaning of the word.
serious disease means a disease, disorder or condition which is generally diagnosed, treated or managed in consultation with or with supervision by a health care professional.
serving means an amount of the food which constitutes one normal serving when prepared according to manufacturer’s directions or when the food requires no further preparation before consumption, and in the case of a formulated meal replacement is equivalent to one meal.
size of type means the measurement from the base to the top of a letter or numeral.
small package means a package with a surface area of less than 100 cm².
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