Food Standards (Application A1166 – Reduction in minimum alcohol for Tequila) Variation

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 3 of this variation.

Dated 28 November 2019

Joanna Richards

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 129 on 5 December 2019. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Application A1166 – Reduction in minimum alcohol for Tequila) Variation.

2 Variation to a standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The variation commences on the date of gazettal.

Schedule

[1] Standard 2.7.5 is varied by omitting subsection 2.7.5—3(3), and inserting

(3) A food that is sold as a spirit must:

(a) be a spirit, and;

(b) contain no less than:

(i) in the case of tequila—35% alcohol by volume; and

(ii) otherwise—37% alcohol by volume.