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(ii) reduction in blood cholesterol;
 (iii) modulation of blood glucose;
and includes:
 (c) polysaccharides or oligosaccharides that have a degree of polymerisation greater than 2; and
 (d) lignins.
endorsement means a nutrition content claim or a health claim that is made with the permission of an endorsing body.
endorsing body means a not-for-profit entity that:
 (a) has a nutrition- or health-related purpose or function; and
 (b) permits a *supplier to make an endorsement.
ESADDI means Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intake—see section 1.1.2—10.
extraneous residue limit or ERL, for an *agvet chemical in a food, means the amount identified in Schedule 21 for that agvet chemical in that food.
fat, in Standards 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 and Schedules 4 and 11, means total fat.
flavouring substance means a substance that is used as a food additive to perform the technological purpose of a flavouring in accordance with this Code.
food—see subsection (2) (the term has the same meaning as in the relevant application Act).
 Note Each of the various application Acts has a definition of food. These all have a similar effect and make the concept very broad, effectively covering anything that is intended or offered for human consumption.
Food Act means the Food Act 2014 (NZ).
food additive—see used as a food additive, section 1.1.2—11.
food group means any of the following groups:
 (a) bread (both leavened and unleavened), grains, rice, pasta and noodles;
 (b) fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and fungi;
 (c) milk, skim milk, cream, fermented milk, yoghurt, cheese, processed cheese, butter, ice cream, condensed milk, dried milk, evaporated milk, and dairy analogues derived from legumes, cereals, nuts, seeds, or a combination of these ingredients listed in section S17—4;
 (d) meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds and dried legumes;
 (e) fats including butter, edible oils and edible oil spreads.
food produced using gene technology means a food which has been derived or developed from an organism which has been modified by gene technology.
 Note This definition does not include food derived from an animal or other organism which has been fed food produced using gene technology, unless the animal or other organism is itself a product of gene technology.
FSANZ means Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
FSANZ Act means the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth).
fund raising event means an event that raises funds solely for a community or charitable cause and not for personal financial gain.
galacto-oligosaccharides means a mixture of the substances produced from lactose by enzymatic action, comprised of between two and eight saccharide units, with one of these units being a terminal glucose and the remaining saccharide units being galactose, and disaccharides comprised of two units of galactose.
gene technology means recombinant