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Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this standard under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on 1 March 2016.

Dated 25 March 2015
Standards Management Officer
Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

This Standard will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 96 on 10 April 2015.

Schedule 7 Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients)

Note 1 This instrument is a standard under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section 1.1.1—3.

 Standard 1.2.4 is a standard for the information requirements relating to the statement of ingredients, and contains provisions relating to, among other things, substances used as food additives. This Standard lists classes of food additives for paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a).

Note 2 The provisions of the Code that apply in New Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, the Food Act 2014 (NZ). See also section 1.1.1—3.
S7—1 Name
  This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients).
 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.
S7—2 Food additive class names
  For paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a), the class names of food additives are as follows:
Class names of food additives
Prescribed class names  Optional class names
acid                    antifoaming agent
acidity regulator       emulsifying salt
alkali                  enzyme
anticaking agent        mineral salt
antioxidant             modified starch
bulking agent           vegetable gum
colour
emulsifier
firming agent
flavour enhancer
foaming agent
gelling agent
glazing agent
humectant
preservative
raising agent
stabiliser
sweetener
thickener

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