✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
using the following equation:
$$M_{rq} = Q_1 + Q_2 + \ldots + Q_i$$
where:
Q_i for a particular ingredient that contains that vitamin or mineral, is:
(a) for an unfortified ingredient—the average quantity of the vitamin or mineral present in the amount of the ingredient in a reference quantity of the food; and
(b) for a fortified ingredient—the maximum amount that may be claimed for that vitamin or mineral in the reference quantity of the ingredient adjusted to the amount of the ingredient in a reference quantity of the food.
(3) Then, M_{rq} is rounded to the nearest 2 significant figures.
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Standard 1.3.3 - Processing Aids - 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.
Note 3 Paragraph 1.1.1—10(4)(c) provides that a food for sale must not have, as an ingredient or a component, a substance that is used as a processing aid, unless expressly permitted by this Code. Section 1.1.2—13 defines the expression ‘used as a processing aid’. This Standard contains the relevant permissions.
Division 1 Preliminary
1.3.3—1 Name
This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.3.3 – Processing aids.
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.
1.3.3—2 Definitions
Note Section 1.1.2—13 (Definition of used as a processing aid) provides as follows:
References to substances that are used as a processing aid
(1) In this Code, a reference to a substance that is used as a processing aid in relation to a food is a reference to a substance that is used during the course of processing:
(a) to perform a technological purpose in the course of processing; and
(b) does not perform a technological purpose in the food for sale; and
(c) is identified in subsection (3).
References to foods that are used as a processing aid
(2) In this Code, a reference to a food that is used as a processing aid in relation to another food:
(a) is a reference to a food that:
(i) is not a substance identified in subsection (3); and
(ii) is used or added to the other food during the course of processing to perform a technological purpose
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- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand