{"id":"F2008B00599","name":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 1.1.1 - Preliminary Provisions – Application, Interpretation and General Prohibitions","slug":"australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-1-1-1-preliminary-provisions-application-interpre","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71927,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00599-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Schedule","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Schedule","content":"## Schedule\n\nPermitted Forms of Recommended Dietary\n\nIntakes (RDIs) and Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes (ESADDIs) for Vitamins and Minerals\n\n```html\n

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Vitamin or Mineral

Permitted Forms

RDI (unless stated otherwise)

RDI (unless stated otherwise) for children aged 1 – 3 years

Vitamins

Vitamin A

Retinol Forms

Vitamin A (retinol)

Vitamin A acetate (retinyl acetate)

Vitamin A palmitate (retinyl palmitate)

Vitamin A propionate (retinyl propionate)

Carotenoid Forms

beta-apo-8′-carotenal

beta -carotene-synthetic carotenes-natural

beta -apo-8′-carotenoic acid ethyl ester

750 µg retinol equivalents1

300 µg retinol equivalents1

Thiamin (Vitamin B1)

Thiamin hydrochloride

Thiamin mononitrate

Thiamin monophosphate

1.1 mg thiamin

0.5 mg thiamin

Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)

Riboflavin

Riboflavin 5′-phosphate sodium

1.7 mg riboflavin

0.8 mg riboflavin

Niacin

Niacinamide (nicotinamide)

Nicotinic acid

10 mg niacin2

5 mg niacin2

Folate

Folic acid

200 µg

100 µg

L-methyltetrahydrofolate, calcium

Vitamin B6

Pyridoxine hydrochloride

1.6 mg pyridoxine

0.7 mg pyridoxine

Vitamin B12

Cyanocobalamin

Hydroxocobalamin

2.0 µg cyanocobalamin

1.0 µg cyanocobalamin

Biotin

No permitted form specified

30 µg biotin (ESADDI)

8 µg biotin (ESADDI)

Pantothenic acid

Calcium pantothenate

Dexpanthenol

5.0 mg pantothenic acid (ESADDI)

2.0 mg pantothenic acid (ESADDI)

Vitamin C

L-ascorbic acid

Ascorbyl palmitate

Calcium ascorbate

Potassium ascorbate

Sodium ascorbate

40 mg in total of L-ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid

30 mg in total of L-ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid

Vitamin D

Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol)

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

10 µg cholecalciferol3

5 µg cholecalciferol3

\n```","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Amendment History","sectionType":"division","heading":"Amendment History","content":"### Amendment History\n\nThe Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.\n\nThese amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.\n\nAbout this compilation\n\nThis is a compilation of Standard 1.1.1 as in force on 7 December 2015 (up to Amendment No. 159). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.\n\nPrepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 7 December 2015.\n\nUncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect\n\nTo assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Standard as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.\n\nThe following abbreviations may be used in the table below:\n\nad = added or inserted am = amended\n\nexp = expired or ceased to have effect rep = repealed\n\nrs = repealed and substituted\n\nStandard 1.1.1 was published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. P 30 on 20 December 2000 as part of Amendment No. 53 (F2008B00599 –\\- 29 September 2008) and has been amended as follows:\n\n| Clause affected | A’ment No. | FRLI registrationGazette | Commencement(Cessation) | How affected | Description of amendment |\n| ----------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Purpose | 88 | F2006L032705 Oct 2006FSC305 Oct 2006 | 5 Oct 2006 | am | References to the Food Acts in certain jurisdictions in the Editorial Note. |\n| Table of Provs | 115 | F2010L008038 April 2010FSC578 April 2010 | 8 April 2010 | rep | Deletion of division headings. |\n| Table of Provs | 124 | F2011L014508 July 2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | rs | Food Act references in Editorial note preceding the Table of Provisions. |\n| Table of Provs | 124 | F2011L014508 July 2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | ad | Reference to new clause 16. |\n| Table of Provs | 159 | F2015L019303 Dec 2015FSC1017 Dec 2015 | 7 Dec 2015 | ad | References to new clauses 1A and 2A. |\n| Divisions | 115 | F2010L008038 April 2010FSC578 April 2010 | 8 April 2010 | rep | Division headings. |\n| 1 | 61 | F2008B0080019 Dec 2008FSC328 June 2002 | 28 June 2002 | ad | Stock-in-trade provisions to commence on 20 December 2002. |\n| 1 | 78 | F2005L0124626 May 2005FSC2026 May 2005 | 26 May 2005 | rep | References to the New Zealand Food Regulations (1984). |\n| 1 | 88 | F2006L032705 Oct 2006FSC305 Oct 2006 | 5 Oct 2006 | am | References to food products manufactured or produced prior to 20 December 2003, which are no longer applicable. |\n| 1(1) | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | am | Clause. |\n| 1(4)-(7) | 72 | F2008B0081924 Dec 2008FSC1420 May 2004 | 20 May 2004 | am, ad | To take account of wine which is labelled with a 2002 vintage date or earlier and to insert a new subclause 1(7). |\n| 1(5) | 101 | F2008L0305814 Aug 2008FSC4314 Aug 2008 | 14 Aug 2008 | rep | Editorial note. |\n| 1(6) | 138 | F2013L0005014 Jan 2013FSC8018 Jan 2013 | 18 Jan 2013 | ad | Reference to Standard 1.1A.6. |\n| 1A | 159 | F2015L019303 Dec 2015FSC1017 Dec 2015 | 7 Dec 2015 | ad | New clause relating to transitional arrangements. |\n| 2 | 60 | F2008B0079819 Dec 2008FSC220 June 2012 | 20 June 2002 | Ad, am | Definition of ‘category of ingredients’, and amend the definition of ‘warning statement’. |\n| 2 | 62 | F2008B0080719 Dec 2008FSC417 Sept 2002 | 17 Sept 2002 | rs | Definition of ‘warning statement’. |\n| 2 | 67 | F2008B0081424 Dec 2008FSC931 July 2003 | 31 July 2003 | am | Typographical error. |\n| 2 | 78 | F2005L0124626 May 2005FSC2026 May 2005 | 26 May 2005 | am | Definitions of ‘Code’ and ‘warning statement’. |\n| 2 | 88 | F2006L032705 Oct 2006FSC305 Oct 2006 | 5 Oct 2006 | am | References. |\n| 2 | 88 | F2006L032705 Oct 2006FSC305 Oct 2006 | 5 Oct 2006 | rep | Editorial note as the document it references has been rescinded. |\n| 2 | 100 | F2008L0239610 July 2008FSC4210 July 2008 | 10 July 2008 | ad | Definition of ‘hamper’ and related editorial note and definition of ‘handling’. Editorial note related to definition of ‘fund raising event’. |\n| 2 | 100 | F2008L0239610 July 2008FSC4210 July 2008 | 10 July 2008 | am | Definition of ‘package’. |\n| 2 | 103 | F2008L037419 Oct 2008FSC459 Oct 2008 | 9 Oct 2008 | am | Definitions of ‘Code’ and ‘code number’. |\n| 2 | 105 | F2009L0007615 Jan 2009FSC4715 Jan 2009 | 15 Jan 2009 | ad | Definitions of ‘galacto-oligosaccharides’ and ‘inulin-derived substances’. |\n| 2 | 123 | F2011L0085725 May 2011FSC6526 May 2011 | 26 May 2011 | ad | Definition of ‘egg product’ to take effect on 26 November 2012. |\n| 2 | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | rep | Definition of ‘Australian Approved Names List’. |\n| 2 | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | rs | Definition of ‘fund raising event’ and following Editorial note. |\n| 2 | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | ad | Definition of ‘Good Manufacturing Practice’. |\n| 2 | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | am | Definition ‘component’. |\n| 2 | 123 | F2011L0085725 May 2011FSC6526 May 2011 | 26 May 2011 | ad | Definition of ‘egg product’ to take effect on 26 November 2012. |\n| 2 | 132 | F2012L0134126 June 2012FSC7428 June 2012 | 28 June 2012 | ad | Definitions of ‘food for special medical purposes’, ‘small package’ and ‘transportation outer’, and to amend the definition of ‘warning statement’ to take effect on 28 June 2014. |\n| 2 | 138 | F2013L0005014 Jan 2013FSC8018 Jan 2013 | 18 Jan 2013 | am | Definition of ‘claim’. |\n| 2 | 139 | F2012L0134126 June 2013as am byF2013L0025021 Feb 2013FSC8121 Feb 2013 | 21 Feb 2013 | am | To bring forward the commencement date for the definitions of ‘food for special medical purposes’, ‘small package’ and ‘transportation outer’ and amended definition for ‘warning statement’, as well as the insertion of an entry for Megajoule, from 28 June 2014 to 21 February 2013. |\n| 2 | 142 | F2013L0146530 July 2013FSC841 Aug 2013 | 1 Aug 2013 | rs | Definition of ‘inulin-derived substances’ replaced with ‘inulin-type fructans’. |\n| 2 | 150 | F2014L0142728 Oct 2014FSC9230 Oct 2014 | 30 Oct 2014 | rs | Definition of ‘bulk cargo container’. |\n| 2A | 159 | F2015L019303 Dec 2015FSC1017 Dec 2015 | 7 Dec 2015 | ad | New clause relating to the permitted health star rating symbol. |\n| 5 | 78 | F2005L0124626 May 2005FSC2026 May 2005 | 26 May 2005 | am | Legal status of Commentaries and Editorial notes. |\n| 5(1)-(2) | 103 | F2008L037419 Oct 2008FSC459 Oct 2008 | 9 Oct 2008 | am | References to documents which are not legally binding. |\n| Table to clause 8 | 132 | F2012L0134126 June 2012FSC7428 June 2012 | 28 June 2012 | ad | Entry for Megajoule to take effect on 28 June 2014. |\n| Table to clause 8 | 136 | F2012L0217514 Nov 2012FSC7815 Nov 2012 | 15 Nov 2012 | am | Entry for Gray. |\n| Table to clause 8 | 136 | F2012L0217514 Nov 2012FSC7815 Nov 2012 | 15 Nov 2012 | ad | New entry for KiloGray. |\n| Table to clause 8 | 139 | F2012L0134126 June 2013as am byF2013L0025021 Feb 2013FSC8121 Feb 2013 | 21 Feb 2013 | am | To bring forward the commencement date for the definitions of ‘food for special medical purposes’, ‘small package’ and ‘transportation outer’ and amended definition for ‘warning statement’, as well as the insertion of an entry for Megajoule, from 28 June 2014 to 21 February 2013. |\n| 9A | 105 | F2009L0007615 Jan 2009FSC4715 Jan 2009 | 15 Jan 2009 | ad | Consequential amendment arising from the new definitions in clause 2. |\n| 9A | 142 | 30 July 2013F2013L01465FSC841 Aug 2013 | 1 Aug 2013 | am | Consequential relating to amendment to the definition of ‘inulin-derived substances’. |\n| 11(1) | 150 | F2014L0142728 Oct 2014FSC9230 Oct 2014 | 30 Oct 2014 | am | Correct typographical error by inserting ‘a’. |\n| 15 | 88 | F2006L032705 Oct 2006FSC305 Oct 2006 | 5 Oct 2006 | ad | New clause to afford a substantive status to definitions relating to phytosterols, phytostanols and their esters. |\n| 15 | 115 | 8 Apr 2010F2010L00803FSC57 8 April 2010 | 8 April 2010 | ad | Reference to phytosterols, phytostanols and their esters. |\n| 16 | 124 | F2011L014508 Jul y2011FSC6611 July 2011 | 11 July 2011 | ad | New clause relating to United States Code of Federal Regulations. |\n| 16(1) | 135 | F2012L0201410 Oct 2012FSC7711 Oct 2012 | 11 Oct 2012 | am | Reference. |\n| Schedule | 89 | F2006L036479 Nov 2006FSC319 Nov 2006 | 9 Nov 2006 | am | Entries for pantothenic acid and selenium. |\n| Schedule | 101 | F2008L0305814 Aug 2008FSC4314 Aug 2008 | 14 Aug 2008 | ad | New forms of folate and iron. |","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Code's scope has been altered over time by multiple amendments. Notable changes include addition of transitional arrangements for nutrition/health‑claims (clause 1A, added Amendment No. 159, 7 Dec 2015), a new permitted Health Star Rating clause (clause 2A), technical additions and new permitted forms in the Schedule (various Schedule amendments), and repeated amendments to definitions in clause 2. 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