NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 96 — 4 SEPTEMBER 2015

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.

1.2.12—2 Transitional arrangement

(1) A claim about the presence or absence of dietary fibre in a food must comply with section 1.2.7—12 or section 1.2.12—3, but not a combination of both.

(2) To avoid doubt, this Standard only relates to the application of section 1.2.7—12 and does not affect the application of any other provision of Standard 1.2.7.

(3) Subsection 1.1.1—9(1) does not apply to this Standard.

1.2.12—3 Transitional requirements for dietary fibre nutrition content claims

(1) A claim about the presence or absence of dietary fibre in a food may use any descriptor that is not mentioned in subsection 1.2.12—3(2), including a descriptor expressed as a number or in numeric form.

(2) If a claim about the presence of dietary fibre in a food uses the descriptor ‘increased’ or a synonym of that descriptor, that food must contain at least 25% more dietary fibre than in the same quantity of reference food.

(3) In this section:

food group has the same meaning as in Standard 1.2.7.

reference food means a food that is:

(a) of the same type as the food for which a claim is made and that has not been further processed, formulated, reformulated or modified to increase or decrease the amount of dietary fibre; or

(b) a dietary substitute for the food in the same food group as the food for which a claim is made.

1.2.12—4 Expiry of the transitional arrangement

This Standard ceases to have effect on 18 January 2017.

Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015 (Application A1101 – Commencement of Dietary Fibre Claim Provisions – Consequential)

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 2 of this variation.

Dated 28 August 2015

Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

Note:
This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 99 on 3 September 2015.

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code — Revocation and Transitional Variation 2015 (Application A1101 – Commencement of Dietary Fibre Claim Provisions – Consequential).

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 March 2016 immediately after the commencement of Standard 5.1.1 – Revocation and transitional provisions – 2014 Revision.

3 Variation of Standard 1.1.1

Schedule 1 varies the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.1.1 – Structure of the Code and general provisions.

4 Variation of Standard 1.2.7

Schedule 2 varies the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.7 – Nutrition, health and related claims.

5 Variation of Standard 5.1.1

Schedule 3 varies the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 5.1.1 – Revocation and transitional provisions – 2014 revision.

Schedule 1 – Variation of Standard 1.1.1

[1] In subsection 1.1.1—2(2), after the entry for “Standard 1.2.11 – Information requirements – country of origin”