✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
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Division 3 Record-keeping for and labelling of irradiated food
1.5.3—8 Record-keeping
(1) A person who irradiates food must keep records in relation to:
(a) the nature and quality of the food treated; and
(b) the *lot identification; and
(c) the minimum durable life of the food treated; and
(d) the process used; and
(e) compliance with the process used; and
(f) the minimum and maximum dose absorbed by the food; and
(g) an indication whether or not the product has been irradiated previously and if so, details of such treatment; and
(h) the date of *irradiation.
(2) The records must be kept at the facility where the food was irradiated.
(3) The records must be kept for a period of time that exceeds the minimum durable life of the irradiated food by 1 year.
1.5.3—9 Labelling and other information—retail and catering
For the labelling provisions, the information relating to irradiated foods is:
(a) if the food has been irradiated—a statement to the effect that the food has been treated with ionising radiation; and
(b) if the food has as an ingredient or *component a food that has been irradiated—a statement to the effect that the ingredient or component has been treated with ionising radiation.
Note 1 The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1. Labelling provisions apply to both packaged and unpackaged irradiated foods.
Note 2 For paragraph (b), the statement may be on the statement of ingredients or elsewhere on the label.
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Standard 1.6.1 - Microbiological Limits in Food - 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 Section 1.1.1—11 provides that a food for sale must not have an unacceptable level of microorganisms, as determined in accordance with this standard. This standard sets out how to determine whether a lot of food has an unacceptable level of microorganisms.
1.6.1—1 Name
This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.6.1 – Microbiological limits in food.
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
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- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand
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- Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand