✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(c) a functional process or outcome;
(d) growth and development;
(e) physical performance;
(f) mental performance;
(g) a disease, disorder or condition.
high level health claim means a health claim that refers to a serious disease or a biomarker of a serious disease.
high level health claims table means the table to section S4—4.
meet the NPSC means that the nutrient profiling score of a food described in Column 1 of the table to section S4—6 is less than the number specified for that food in Column 2 of that table.
NPSC means the nutrient profiling scoring criterion (see section S4—6).
property of food means a component, ingredient, constituent or other feature of food.
nutrient profiling score means the final score calculated pursuant to the method referred to in section 1.2.7—26.
reference food in relation to a claim, means a food that is:
(a) of the same type as the food for which the claim is made and that has not been further processed, formulated, reformulated or modified to increase or decrease the energy value or the amount of the nutrient for which the claim is made; or
(b) a dietary substitute for the food in the same food group as the food for which the claim is made.
serious disease means a disease, disorder or condition which is generally diagnosed, treated or managed in consultation with or with supervision by a health care professional.
sugars, in Standard 1.2.7, Standard 1.2.8 and Schedule 4 (except where it appears with an asterisk as ‘sugars*’)—means monosaccharides and disaccharides. (Elsewhere in the Code it has a different definition).
Note 2 Section 1.1.2—9 (Definition of nutrition content claim) provides as follows:
(1) In this Code:
nutrition content claim means a claim that:
(a) is about:
(i) the presence or absence of any of the following:
(A) a biologically active substance;
(B) dietary fibre;
(C) energy;
(D) minerals;
(E) potassium;
(F) protein;
(G) carbohydrate;
(H) fat;
(I) the components of any one of protein, carbohydrate or fat;
(J) salt;
(K) sodium;
(L) vitamins; or
(ii) glycaemic index or glycaemic load; and
(b) does not refer to the presence or absence of alcohol; and
(c) is not a health claim.
Note See also subsections 2.6.2—5(4) and 2.10.2—8(3).
Inclusion of mandatory information in nutrition information panel does not constitute a nutrition content claim
(2) To avoid doubt, if this Code requires particular information to be included in a nutrition information panel, the inclusion of that information does not constitute a nutrition content claim.
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