✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
Note 2 The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.
1.2.8—6 What must be on nutrition information panel
(1) A nutrition information panel must contain the following information:
(a) the number of servings in the package, expressed as either:
(i) the number of servings of the food; or
(ii) if the weight or the volume of the food as packaged is variable—the number of servings of the food per kilogram, or other unit as appropriate;
(b) the *average quantity of the food in a serving expressed in:
(i) for a solid or semi-solid food—grams; or
(ii) for a beverage or other liquid food—millilitres;
(c) the *unit quantity of the food;
(d) for a serving of the food and a unit quantity of the food:
(i) the *average energy content expressed in kilojoules or both in kilojoules and in calories or kilocalories; and
(ii) the average quantity of
(A) protein, carbohydrate, sugars, fat and,
(B) subject to subsection (4), saturated fatty acids,
expressed in grams; and
(iii) the average quantity of sodium, expressed in milligrams or both milligrams and millimoles; and
(iv) the name and the average quantity of any other nutrient or biologically active substance in respect of which a claim requiring nutrition information is made, expressed in grams, milligrams, micrograms or other units as appropriate;
(e) any other matter this Code requires to be included.
(2) A nutrition information panel must be set out in the format in section S12—2, unless this Code provides otherwise.
Declaration of fatty acids required for certain claims
(3) If a *claim requiring nutrition information is made in respect of:
(a) cholesterol; or
(b) saturated, trans, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fatty acids; or
(c) omega-3, omega-6 or omega-9 fatty acids;
a nutrition information panel must include declarations of the trans, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids in accordance with section S12—3.
Voluntary declaration of fatty acids in edible oils and edible oil spreads
(4) If a claim requiring nutrition information is made in relation to the polyunsaturated fatty acid content or monounsaturated fatty acid content of an edible oil or an edible oil spread, the nutrition information panel may list the minimum or maximum amount of the following in a serving and a unit quantity of the food:
(a) *saturated fatty acids;
(b) polyunsaturated fatty acids;
(c) monounsaturated fatty acids;
(d) *trans fatty acids.
Note See section 1.2.7—12 for when claims may be made in relation to the polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fatty acid content of foods.
Claims in respect of dietary fibre, sugars or carbohydrate
(5) If a *claim requiring nutrition information is made in respect of:
(a) fibre or any specifically named fibre; or
(b) sugars or any other type of carbohydrate;
a nutrition information panel must include a declaration of the presence or absence of *dietary fibre in accordance with section S12—3.
(6) The absence of *dietary fibre under subsection (5) must be indicated by using the symbol ‘0’.
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