FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND

VARIATIONS TO THE AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND FOOD STANDARDS CODE

(AMENDMENT NO. 70)

1. Preamble

The variations set forth in the Schedule below are variations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (hereinafter called ‘the Code’) which was published by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. P 27, on 27 August 1987, and which has been varied from time to time.

These variations are published pursuant to section 23A of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

2. Citation

These variations may be collectively known as Amendment No. 70 to the Code.

3. Commencement

These variations commence on the date of gazettal. 

4. Correction of Typographical Error

Amendment No. 69 published on 17 December 2003 contained the following typographical error –

• On page 9 (Item [6.5]) – the chemical name ‘Dithiocarbamate’ should read ‘Dithiocarbamates’.

Note:  These variations were published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 12 on 29 April 2004.

SCHEDULE

[1] Standard 1.2.8 is varied by inserting in the Table 2 to subclause 2(2) –

[2] Standard 1.3.1 is varied by inserting in Schedule 1, under item 14.2.2 Wine, sparkling wine and fortified wine, the following entries –

[3] Standard 1.3.3 is varied by –

[3.1] inserting in the Table to clause 3 –

Argon

[3.2] inserting in the Table to clause 14 –

[3.3] inserting after the Table to clause 14 –

[3.4] inserting in the Table to clause 17 –

[3.5] inserting in the Table to clause 18 –

Ammonium sulphite

[4] Standard 1.5.1 is varied by inserting in the Table to clause 2 –

[5] Standard 1.5.2 is varied by –

[5.1]  inserting in clause 1 –

conventional breeding means all methods used to produce plants, excluding techniques that use gene technology.

line means –

(a) a plant, the genetic material of which includes a transformation event or events; or

(b) any plant, descended from the plant referred to in paragraph (a), that is the result of conventional breeding of that plant with:

(i) any other plant that does not contain a transformation event or events; or

(ii) any other plant that contains a transformation event or events, whether expressed as a line or event, that is listed in Column 1 of the Table to clause 2 of this Standard.             

but shall not be taken to mean any plant derived solely as a result of conventional breeding.

transformation event means a unique genetic modification arising from the use of gene technology.

[5.2] inserting in Column 1 of the Table to clause 2 –

[5.3] omitting from  Column 1 of the Table to clause 2 –

substituting –

[6] Standard 1.6.1 is varied by –

[6.1] omitting from the Schedule, under Powdered infant formula products, the entries for Bacillus cereus/g in Columns 3, 4, 5 and 6, substituting –

[6.2] omitting from the Schedule, under Powdered infant formula products with added lactic acid producing cultures, the entries for Bacillus cereus/g in Columns 3, 4, 5 and 6, substituting –

[7] Standard 2.7.5 is varied by omitting subclause 4(2), substituting –

(2) A spirit lawfully exported under a geographical indication, but bottled other than in the territory, locality or region indicated by the geographical indication must not be sold under that geographical indication –

(a) unless the concentration of alcohol by volume in the spirit is at a level permitted under the laws for that geographical indication of the territory, locality or region indicated by that geographical indication; or

(b) if any other distinctive quality or characteristic of the spirit is such as to mislead or deceive the public as to the nature of the product identified by the geographical indication

[8] Standard 4.1.1 is varied by –

[8.1] inserting in the Table to clause 4 –

[8.2] inserting after the Table to clause 4 –