Food Standards Amendment




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015

beta-apo-8′-carotenal 12
beta-carotene-synthetic 6
Carotenes-natural 12
beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid ethyl ester 12

Note Natural forms of provitamin A may have conversion factors that are not provided in this table.

S1—5 Calculation of alpha-tocopherol equivalents for vitamin E

(1) For paragraph 1.1.2—14(d), the conversion factors are:

(a) if, for a particular form of Vitamin E, the table to subsection (2) specifies a conversion factor—that conversion factor; or

(b) if, for a particular form of Vitamin E, the table to subsection (2) does not specify a conversion factor—a conversion factor determined by the composition of the form of Vitamin E.

(2) The table to this subsection is:

Conversion factors—vitamin E

Vitamin E form Conversion factor (µg/1 µg alpha-tocopherol equivalents)
dl-alpha-tocopherol 1.36
d-alpha-tocopherol concentrate (see paragraph (1)(b))
Tocopherols concentrate, mixed (see paragraph (1)(b))
d-alpha-tocopherol acetate 1.10
dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate 1.49
d-alpha-tocopherol acetate concentrate (see paragraph (1)(b))
d-alpha-tocopherol acid succinate 1.23

Note Natural forms of vitamin E may have conversion factors that are not provided in this table.

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Schedule 2 - Units of Measurement - 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.

Standard 1.1.1 relates to introductory matters and standards that apply to all foods. This Standard assigns meanings to symbols of measurement for section 1.1.1—6, which are used throughout this Code.

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.

S2—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 2 – Units of measurement.

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.



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🏥 Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 154 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 2015
Food Standards, Vitamins, Carotenes, Tocopherols, Conversion Factors, Units of Measurement
  • Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand