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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Chapter 2: Food Standards.

Type of law
Regulation
Source

Abstract
The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code is organised in 4 Chapters and 1 Schedule. Here we outline Chapter 2. Other Chapters can be found in related links.
Chapter 2 contain food safety Standards for several food products, these include cereal and cereal products; fruit and vegetables, jam; meat, eggs and fish products; edible oils and spreads; dairy products such as milk, cream, fermented milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, dried/evaporated/condensed milk. The Chapter also provides Standards for beverages: non-alcoholic beverages (fruit juice and vegetable juice, Kava, formulated caffeinated beverages and other non-alcoholic beverages and brewed soft drinks), alcoholic beverages (labelling of alcoholic beverages and food containing alcohol in general, and specifically for spirits, beer, wine and fruit wine, vegetable wine and mead). Further Standards are set for sugars and honey, salt, vinegar and related products.
Part 2.9 is dedicated to special purpose foods, infant formula products Standard, food for infantsSt, formulated meal replacements and formulated supplementary foods. Standard 2.9.6 Transitional standard for special purpose foods (including amino acid modified foods) applies in NZ only.
Notes
Updated last on April 2022.
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No