✨ Food Standards Code Definitions
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(a) section 1.2.3—3 (warning statement relating to royal jelly);
(b) section 2.6.3—4 (warning statement relating to kava);
(c) subsection 2.9.1—19(1) or section 2.9.1—13 (warning statements for infant formula product);
(d) paragraph 2.9.2—7(3)(c) or 2.9.2—8(1)(b) (warning statements for food for infants);
(e) subparagraph 2.9.4—4(1)(a)(iii) or 2.9.4—4(1)(a)(iv) (warning statements for formulated supplementary sports food).
1.1.2—3 Definitions—particular foods
Note Definitions for non-food terms are provided in section 1.1.2—2.
(1) Where this Code permits the use of a substance (including a vitamin or a mineral) as a food additive, as a processing aid or as a nutritive substance in a particular food defined in this section, the definition is to be read as including a food in which the substance was so used.
(2) In this Code, unless the contrary intention appears, the following definitions apply:
adjusted milk, in relation to condensed milk, dried milk or evaporated milk, means milk:
(a) that is to be used to make the product concerned; and
(b) to which milk components have been added, or from which they have been withdrawn, in order for the product to comply with requirements of Standard 2.5.7; and
(c) that has the same whey protein to casein ratio as the original milk.
beer means:
(a) the product, characterised by the presence of hops or preparations of hops, prepared by the yeast fermentation of an aqueous extract of malted or unmalted cereals, or both; or
(b) such a product with any of the following added during production:
(i) cereal products or other sources of carbohydrate;
(ii) sugar;
(iii) salt;
(iv) herbs and spices.
brandy means:
(a) a spirit obtained from the distillation of wine, or fermented preparations of grapes or grape product; or
(b) such a spirit with any of the following added during production:
(i) water;
(ii) sugars;
(iii) honey;
(iv) spices;
(v) grape juice;
(vi) grape juice concentrates;
(vii) wine;
(viii) prune juice.
Note The term brandy has a different definition in Standard 4.5.1.
bread means:
(a) a food that is made by baking a yeast-leavened dough prepared from one or more cereal flours or meals and water; or
(b) such a food with other foods added.
brewed soft drink means a food that:
(a) is the product prepared by a fermentation process from water with sugar and one or more of:
(i) fruit extractives or infusions; or
(ii) vegetable extractives or infusions; and
(b) contains no more than 1.15% alcohol/volume.
butter means:
(a) a food that is derived exclusively from milk and products obtained from milk, principally in the form of
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