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Standard 1.3.3 Processing aids

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.

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.

Note 3 Paragraph 1.1.1—10(6)(c) provides that a food for sale must not have, as an ingredient or a component, a substance that is used as a processing aid, unless expressly permitted by this Code. Section 1.1.2—13 defines the expression 'used as a processing aid'. This Standard contains the relevant permissions.
Division 1 Preliminary
1.3.3—1 Name
  This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.3.3 – Processing aids.
 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.
1.3.3—2 Definitions

Note Section 1.1.2—13 (Definition of used as a processing aid) provides as follows:
  References to substances that are used as a processing aid
 (1) In this Code, a reference to a substance that is used as a processing aid in relation to a food is a reference to a substance that is used during the course of processing:
 (a)  to perform a technological purpose in the course of processing; and
 (b) does not perform a technological purpose in the food for sale; and
 (c) is identified in subsection (3).
  References to foods that are used as a processing aid
 (2) In this Code, a reference to a food that is used as a processing aid in relation to another food:
 (a) is a reference to a food that:
 (i) is not a substance identified in subsection (3); and
 (ii) is used or added to the other food during the course of processing to perform a technological purpose in the course of processing; and
 (iii) does not perform a technological purpose in the food for sale; and
 (b) is a reference to so much of the food as is necessary to perform the technological purpose.
 Note 1 This Code does not prohibit the use of foods as processing aids (other than foods that are substances referred to in subsection (3)). There are special labelling requirements that apply in relation to foods and substances that are used as processing aids—see paragraphs 1.2.4—3(2)(d), 1.2.4—3(2)(e) and subparagraph 1.2.8—5(a)(vii).
 Note 2 If a food is used as a processing aid in relation to another food, and the amount of the food used