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Schedule 25 Permitted novel foods

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.

 Novel foods are regulated by paragraphs 1.1.1—10(5)(b) and (6)(f) and Standard 1.5.1. This Standard lists permitted novel foods, and specifies conditions for their use, for section 1.5.1—3.

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.
S25—1 Name
  This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 25 – Permitted novel foods.
 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.
S25—2 Sale of novel foods
  For section 1.5.1—3, the permitted *novel foods and their conditions for use are:
Sale of novel foods
Permitted novel food                                                                                       Conditions of use
D-allulose                                                                                                     1.            May only be a food for retail sale if that food is a tabletop sweetener.
                                                                                                               2.            May only be added to a food listed in condition 4.
                                                                                                               3.            A food listed in condition 4 must not contain added D-allulose in an amount or at a level greater than the limit, if any, specified in that condition for that food.
                                                                                                              4. The listed foods are:
                                                                                                                (a) bakery products (limit: 10% w/w);
                                                                                                                (b) bubble gum (limit: 50% w/w);
                                                                                                                (c) breakfast cereals (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (d) cereal bars (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (e)  chewing gum (limit: 50% w/w);
                                                                                                                (f)  confectionery (but not chocolate) (limit: 50% w/w);
                                                                                                                (g) desserts (with or without gelatine) (limit: 10% w/w);
                                                                                                                (h) edible ices (including sorbet) (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (i)  frostings (limit: 5% (w/w));
                                                                                                                (j)  fruit spreads (but not chutney) (limit: 10% w/w);
                                                                                                                (k)  ice cream (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (l)  icings (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (m)  imitation cream (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (n) non-alcoholic water based flavoured drinks (limit: 3.5% w/w);
                                                                                                                     Note See the definition of 'a non-alcoholic water based flavoured drink' in condition 5 below.
                                                                                                                (o) salad dressings (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                (p)  sweet sauces (limit: 10% w/w);
                                                                                                                (q)  syrups (limit: 10% w/w);
                                                                                                                (r)  tabletop sweeteners (limit: 100% w/w);
                                                                                                                (s) yoghurt (limit: 5% w/w);
                                                                                                                 Note An advisory statement to the effect that excess consumption may have a laxative effect is required for certain foods for sale containing D-allulose. See subsection 1.2.3—2(2)
                                                                                                             5. For the purposes of this permission, a non-alcoholic water based flavoured drink:
                                                                                                                (a) includes: a brewed soft drink; a non-brewed soft drink; a cola type drink; a formulated caffeinated beverage; a fruit drink;