✨ Food Standards Definitions
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(c) does not include marmalade.
juice:
(a) means the liquid portion, with or without pulp, obtained from:
(i) a fruit or a vegetable; or
(ii) in the case of citrus fruit, other than lime—the endocarp only of the fruit; and
(b) includes a product that results from concentrating juice and then reconstituting it with water.
juice blend means the food made from a blend of more than one juice (including a blend of one or more fruit juices and one or more vegetable juices).
kava means plants of the species Piper methysticum.
kava root means the peeled root or peeled rootstock of kava.
liqueur means an alcoholic beverage that is a spirit, flavoured by or mixed with other foods, which contains more than 15% alcohol by volume, measured at 20°C.
manufactured meat means processed meat containing no less than 660 g/kg of meat.
margarine means an edible oil spread containing no less than 800 g/kg of edible oils.
mead means:
(a) a food that is the product prepared from the complete or partial fermentation of honey; or
(b) such a food with any of the following added during production:
(i) fruit juice and fruit juice products;
(ii) vegetable juice and vegetable juice products;
(iii) sugars;
(iv) honey;
(v) spices;
(vi) alcohol;
(vii) water.
meat:
(a) means the whole or part of the carcass of any of the following animals, if slaughtered other than in a wild state:
(i) buffalo, camel, cattle, deer, goat, hare, pig, poultry, rabbit or sheep;
(ii) any other animal permitted for human consumption under a law of a State, Territory or New Zealand; and
(b) does not include:
(i) fish; or
(ii) avian eggs; or
(iii) foetuses or part of foetuses.
meat flesh means meat that consists of skeletal muscle and any attached:
(a) animal rind; or
(b) fat; or
(c) connective tissue; or
(d) nerve; or
(e) blood; or
(f) blood vessels; or
(g) skin, in the case of poultry.
meat pie means a pie containing no less than 250 g/kg of meat flesh.
milk means:
(a) the mammary secretion of milking animals, obtained from one or more milkings for consumption as liquid milk or for further processing, but excluding colostrums; or
(b) such a product with *phytosterols, phytostanols and their esters added.
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