. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/NZL/25/Corr.1* 
15 December 2005 
 (05-6032) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Corrigendum
 
  The following communication, dated 13 December 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of New Zealand
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 Item 7
 should read: 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
A small number of nutrition claims, including clai ms in relation to sodium, energy, gluten, 
lactose and certain claims in relation to fat, ar e currently regulated in Standard 1.2.8 in the 
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code), in addition to the term ‘nutrition 
claim’ being defined.  Vitamin and mineral cl aims, including claims that a food is a ‘good 
source’ of a vitamin or mineral, are regulated in Standard 1.3.2 - Vitamins and Minerals, in 
the Code.  Within the new regulatory framewo rk, FSANZ proposes that the definition of 
‘nutrition claim’ be replaced by the definition of ‘nutrition content claim’, and that 
requirements for nutrition content claims and permission for vitamin or mineral content 
claims should be consolidated in the Draft St andard 1.2.7 – Nutrition, Health and Related 
Claims.   With the exception of folate claims, health cl aims relating to other nutrients are currently 
not permitted in New Zealand.  Standard 1.1A .2 – Transitional Standard – Health Claims, 
which permitted only those health claims pert aining to folate, which will be repealed upon 
gazettal of Standard 1.2.7.  A two-year stoc k-in-trade provision will then apply to these 
health claims.  Policy Guidance from the Mini sterial Council has differentiated two main 
types of health claims – general level and high level – in terms of the reference to a serious 
disease or biomarker of a serious disease in the case of a high level health claim, and 
indicates the possible approaches to be taken to  regulate these health claims.  FSANZ has 
defined ‘health claim’, ‘general level claim’  and ‘high level claim’, and conditions for 
general level claims and high le vel claims are specified within the Draft Standard 1.2.7 – 
Nutrition, Health and Related Claims.  
There is currently no specific food standard regulating the use of endorsements, cause-
related marketing, and dietary information. C onditions for these related claims have been 
incorporated into the Draft Standard 1.2.7 – Nutrition, Health and Related Claims.   
 The objectives of P293 are: 
 
• To have regard to the policy principles enunciated by the Ministerial Council, in 
particular that any intervention to permit nut rition, health or related claims should: 
                                                      
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 • enable the responsible use of  scientifically valid nutrient,  health and related claims; 
• be cost-effective overall; 
• contain a process of substantiation that aligns levels of scientific evidence with the level 
of claims along the theoretical continuum  of claims, at minimum costs to the 
community; 
• draw on the best elements of international regulatory systems for nutrition, health and 
related claims;  and 
• allow for effective monitoring and effective enforcement. 
 
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