✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
1.2.5—3 Food for sale must be date marked on labels
(1) For the labelling provisions, the date marking information is:
(a) if there is a *use-by date for the food—that date; or
(b) otherwise—any of:
(i) the best-before date of the food; or
(ii) for bread that has a shelf life of less than 7 days:
(A) the *best-before date; or
(B) the *baked-for date; or
(C) the *baked-on date.
(2) The date marking information is not required if:
(a) the *best-before date of the food is 2 years or more after the date it is determined; or
(b) the food is an individual portion of ice cream or ice confection.
(3) Despite subsection (1), if the food is in a small package, the only date-marking information required is the *use-by date (if any).
Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.
1.2.5—4 Prohibition on sale of food after its use-by date
A food must not be sold after its *use-by date.
1.2.5—5 Required wording and form for dates for labels
(1) The date marking information may only be expressed in accordance with this section.
(2) A best-before date, a use-by date, a baked-for date and a baked-on date must:
(a) be expressed using the following wording:
(i) for a best-before date—the words ‘Best Before’;
(ii) for a use-by date—the words ‘Use By’;
(iii) for a baked-for date—the words ‘Baked For’ or ‘Bkd For’;
(iv) for a baked-on date—the words ‘Baked On’ or ‘Bkd On’; and
(b) be accompanied by:
(i) the relevant date; or
(ii) a reference to where the date is located on the label.
(3) In a best-before date or a use-by date:
(a) the day must be expressed in numerical form; and
(b) the month may be expressed in:
(i) numerical form; or
(ii) upper or lower case letters; and
(c) the year must be expressed in numerical form and may be expressed using the full year or only the last 2 digits of the year.
(4) A best-before date and a use-by date must at least consist of:
(a) if the best-before date or use-by date is not more than 3 months from the date it is applied:
(i) the day and month, in that order; or
(ii) if the month is expressed in letters—the day and the month, in any order; or
(b) if the best-before date or a use-by date is more than 3 months from the date it is applied—the month and the year, in that order.
Example
For subparagraph (a)(i)—‘23 Dec’ or ‘23 12’ or ‘23 12 2015’ or ‘23 Dec 2015’.
For subparagraph (a)(ii)—‘23 Dec’ or ‘Dec 23’ or ‘23 Dec 2015’ or ‘Dec 23 2015’.
For paragraph (b)—‘Dec 2015’ or ‘12 2015’ or ‘23 12 2015’ or ‘23 Dec 2015’.
(5) The day, month and year must be expressed so that it is apparent which number is the day, the month or the year.
1.2.5—6 Packed-on dates and manufacturer’s or packer’s codes
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