✨ Food Labelling Regulations
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
1.2.1—15 Information required to be on labelling for food sold to a caterer
Subject to this section, labelling that is required for food sold to a *caterer under section 1.2.1—12 must state the following information in accordance with the provisions indicated:
(a) name of food (see section 1.2.2—2);
(b) lot identification (see section 1.2.2—3);
(c) advisory statements, warning statements and declarations (see sections 1.2.3—2, 1.2.3—3 and 1.2.3—4);
(d) date marking information (see section 1.2.5—3);
(e) any storage conditions and directions for use (see section 1.2.6—2);
(f) information relating to foods produced using gene technology (see section 1.5.2—4);
(g) information relating to irradiated food (see section 1.5.3—9).
1.2.1—16 Other information that must be provided with food sold to a caterer
(1) The information referred to in subsection 1.2.1—8(1) (General and additional requirements—retail sales) must be:
(a) set out in the label (if any); or
(b) provided in documentation.
(2) In the case of the information referred to in paragraph 1.2.1—8(1)(c) (name and address of the supplier), if the information is provided in documentation, the documentation must accompany the food for sale.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) the information that is referred to in subsection 1.2.1—15 (Information required to be on labelling for food sold to a caterer); or
(b) the information referred to in paragraph 1.2.1—8(1)(k) (information about characterising ingredients and components).
1.2.1—17 Information that can be requested in relation to food sold to a caterer
The *caterer must be provided with any information:
(a) requested by the caterer; or
(b) required by the *relevant authority to be provided;
that is necessary to enable the *caterer to comply with any compositional, labelling or declaration requirement of this Code in a sale of the food or of another food using it as an ingredient.
Division 4 Other sales
1.2.1—18 When this Division applies
(1) This Division applies to sales of food other than:
(a) sales to which Division 2 or Division 3 apply; or
(b) intra-company transfers.
(2) In this section:
intra-company transfer means a transfer of a food between elements of a single company, between subsidiaries of a parent company or between subsidiaries of a parent company and the parent company.
1.2.1—19 Outline of Division
This Division sets out the following:
(a) the circumstances in which the food for sale is required to *bear a label—see section 1.2.1—20;
(b) the information requirements for a food for sale that is not required to bear a label—see section 1.2.1—21.
1.2.1—20 Labelling requirements
(1) If the food for sale is not in a package, it is not required to *bear a label.
(2) If the food for sale is in a package, it is required to *bear a label that states the following information in accordance with the provisions indicated:
(a) name of food (see section 1.2.2—2);
(b) lot identification (see section 1.2.2—3);
(c) unless provided in documentation accompanying the food for sale—the name and address of the *supplier (see section 1.2.2—4).
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