Food Standards Amendment




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015

(f) magnesium di-L-glutamate;

(g) disodium guanylate;

(h) disodium inosinate;

(i) disodium-5′-ribonucleotides.

(6) If caffeine is added to a food for sale (whether as a flavouring substance or otherwise), it must be listed in the statement of ingredients as caffeine.

1.2.4—8 Declaration of vitamins and minerals

Where a vitamin or mineral is added to a food, the vitamin or mineral may be declared in accordance with section 1.2.4—7 using the class name ‘vitamin’ or ‘mineral’.

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Standard 1.2.5 – Information Requirements – Date Marking of Food for Sale – Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 154

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this standard under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

The Standard commences on 1 March 2016.

Dated 25 March 2015
Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

Note:
This Standard will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 96 on 10 April 2015.

Note 1 This instrument is a standard under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section 1.1.1—3.

Note 2 The provisions of the Code that apply in New Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, the Food Act 2014 (NZ). See also section 1.1.1—3.

1.2.5—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.5 – Information requirements – date marking of food for sale.

Note Commencement: This Standard commences on 1 March 2016, being the date specified as the commencement date in notices in the Gazette and the New Zealand Gazette under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). See also section 93 of that Act.

1.2.5—2 Definitions

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2):

baked-for date, in relation to bread, means:

(a) if the time at which the bread was baked is before midday—the baked-on date;

(b) if the time at which the bread was baked is after midday—the day after the baked-on date.

Note For example, bread that is baked after midday on one day may have a ‘baked-for date’ of the following day.

baked-on date, in relation to bread, means the date on which the bread was baked.

best-before date, for a food for sale, means the date up to which the food for sale will remain fully marketable and will retain any specific qualities for which express or implied claims have been made, if the food for sale:

(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.

use-by date, for a food for sale, means the date after which it is estimated that the food for sale should not be consumed because of health or safety reasons, if the food for sale:

(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.

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🏥 Standard 1.2.4 – Information Requirements – Statement of Ingredients – Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 154 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 2015
Food standards, Information requirements, Statement of ingredients, Amendment, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

🏥 Standard 1.2.5 – Information Requirements – Date Marking of Food for Sale – Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 154

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 2015
Food standards, Date marking, Food for sale, Amendment, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
  • Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand