✨ Food Standards Amendment
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015
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.
Use of vitamins and minerals is regulated by several standards, including Standard 1.1.1 and Standard 1.3.2. This Standard:
- lists foods and amounts for the definition of reference quantity in section 1.1.2—2; and
- contains permissions to use vitamins and minerals as nutritive substances for section 1.3.2—3; and
- lists permitted forms of vitamins and minerals for subparagraph 2.9.3—3(2)(c)(i), paragraph 2.9.3—5(2)(c), paragraph 2.9.3—7(2)(c) and sub-subparagraph 2.9.4—3(1)(a)(ii)(A), as well as permitted forms of calcium for paragraph 2.10.3—3(b); and
- lists vitamins and minerals for the definition of claimable vitamin or mineral in subsection 2.9.3—6(6) and subsection 2.9.3—8(7).
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.
S17—1 Name
This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 17 – Vitamins and minerals.
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.
S17—2 Permitted forms of vitamins
Permitted forms of vitamins
| Vitamin | Permitted form |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A | |
| Retinol forms | Vitamin A (retinol) |
| Vitamin A acetate (retinyl acetate) | |
| Vitamin A palmitate (retinyl palmitate) | |
| Vitamin A propionate (retinyl propionate) | |
| Provitamin A forms | beta-apo-8′-carotenal |
| beta-carotene-synthetic | |
| carotenes-natural | |
| beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid ethyl ester | |
| Thiamin (Vitamin B1) | Thiamin hydrochloride |
| Thiamin mononitrate | |
| Thiamin monophosphate | |
| Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) | Riboflavin |
| Riboflavin-5′-phosphate sodium |
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