Food Standards Amendment




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015

specified by the relevant authority.

(3) An endorsement must not refer to a serious disease except in a reference to the *endorsing body if the serious disease is part of the name of the endorsing body.

(4) This Standard, other than section 1.2.7—8, does not apply in relation to a claim in an endorsement.

(5) In this section:

information period, in relation to food, means the period:

(a) during which the food is available for sale or advertised for sale; and

(b) the period of 2 years after the food was last sold, or advertised or available for sale, whichever is the latest.

required records means a document or documents that demonstrate that:

(a) a supplier using an endorsement has obtained the permission of the *endorsing body to use the endorsement; and

(b) the endorsing body has a nutrition- or health-related function or purpose; and

(c) the endorsing body is a not-for-profit entity; and

(d) the endorsing body is not related to the supplier using the endorsement.

Division 7 Additional labelling of food required to meet the NPSC

1.2.7—25 Method for calculating a nutrient profiling score

The method for calculating a *nutrient profiling score is described in Schedule 5.

1.2.7—26 Labelling of food required to meet the NPSC

(1) This section applies if a food must *meet the NPSC in order to make a claim.

Note See paragraph 1.2.7—18(1)(a) and subsection 1.2.7—18(4) for when a food must meet the NPSC in order to make a claim.

(2) The particulars of a *property of food must be declared in the nutrition information panel if:

(a) the property of food, other than fvnl, is relied on to meet the NPSC; and

(b) those particulars are not otherwise required to be included in the nutrition information panel.

(3) The calcium content of a food must be declared in the nutrition information panel if the food:

(a) is classified in Category 3 of section S4—6 for the purposes of determining the food’s nutrient profiling score; and

(b) is a cheese or processed cheese.

(4) For the labelling provisions, if:

(a) a food scores V points under section S5—4; and

(b) the claim is not a *health claim about fruits and vegetables;

the information relating to nutrition, health and related claims is the percentage of each element of fvnl that is relied on to meet the NPSC.

Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.

(5) In this section:

fvnl is as defined in section S5—4 for the purpose of calculating V points.

1.2.7—27 Labelling exemptions for certain foods

Subsections 1.2.7—26(2), (3) and (4) do not apply to food in a small package.

2015-gs1874

Standard 1.2.8 - Nutrition Information Requirements - 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.

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🏥 Standard 1.2.7 - Nutrition, Health and Related Claims - Food Standards (Proposal P1025 - Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Amendment No. 154 (continued from previous page)

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🏥 Standard 1.2.8 - Nutrition Information Requirements - Food Standards (Proposal P1025 - Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 154

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