Food Standards - Prohibited Plants and Fungi




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 51 — 8 MAY 2015

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.
Prohibited plants and fungi are regulated by paragraphs 1.1.1—10(3)(a) and (4)(e) and Standard 1.4.4. This Standard lists plants and fungi for the definition of prohibited plant or fungus in section 1.1.2—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.

S23—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 23 – Prohibited plants and fungi.

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.

S23—2 Prohibited plants and fungi

For paragraph (a) of the definition of prohibited plant or fungus in section 1.1.2—3, the plants and fungi are:

Prohibited plants and fungi

Species name Common name
Abrus cantoniensis Jequirity seeds
Abrus precatorius Arrow seeds
Acokanthera schimperi Arrow poison tree
Aconitum spp. Aconite
Acorus calamus Calamus oil
Adonis vernalis False hellebore, Spring adonis
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse chestnut, Buckeye
Alocasia macrorrhiza Cunjevoi, Elephant ear, Kape, ‘Ape’, Ta’amu
Alstonia constricta Alstonia
Amanita muscaria Agaricus, Fly agaric
Amanita spp. Amanita Mushroom
Ammi visnaga Bisnaga, Khella
Anadenanthera peregrina Cohoba yope, Niopo
Anchusa officinalis Bugloss
Apocynum androsaemifolium Bitter root, Spreading dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum Canadian hemp, Dogbane, Indian hemp
Areca catechu nut Betel nut
Argyreia nervosa Woolly morning glory
Aristolochia spp. Birthwort, Snakeroot
Arnica spp. Arnica
Atropa belladonna Deadly nightshade, Dwale
Banisteriopsis spp. Banisteria, Caapi
Borago officinalis Borage
Brachyglottis spp. Rangiora
Brunfelsia uniflora Manaca, Mercury
Bryonia alba European white bryony
Bryonia dioica White bryony
Cacalia spp.
Calotropis spp. Calotropis
Cannabis spp. Hemp, Marijuana
Catha edulis Khat, Chat
Catharanthus spp. Periwinkle
Cestrum nocturnum Queen of the night, Night blooming jessamine
Chelidonium majus Common celandine, Greater celandine
Chenopodium ambrosioides Wormseed, Mexican goosefoot, Pigweed, America wormseed
Cicuta virosa Cowbane, European water hemlock
Clitocybe spp. Fungi

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