1Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 15 – Substances that may be used as food additives

Schedule 15 Substances that may be used as food additives

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.

Substances used as food additives are regulated by Standard 1.1.1 and Standard 1.3.1. This Standard:

● identifies substances for subparagraph 1.1.2—11(2)(a)(i); and

● contains permissions to use substances as food additives for paragraph 1.3.1—3(1)(a); and

● contains associated restrictions for paragraph 1.3.1—3(1)(b); and

● sets out maximum permitted levels for section 1.3.1—4.

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.

S15—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 15 – Substances that may be used as food additives).

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.

S15—2 Permissions to use substances as food additives

Unless the table to section S15—5 expressly provides otherwise, for each class of food identified by a numbered heading in the table to section S15—5, the substances that may be *used as a food additive in any food within that class are the following:

(a) any of the substances listed directly under the heading;

(b) any of the substances listed directly under a higher-level heading.

Example For the heading numbered 4.3.4, higher-level headings are those numbered 4.3 and 4. However, headings such as those numbered 4.3.4.1, 4.3.3, 4.2 and 3 are not higher-level headings.

Note In many cases, there is more than 1 substance listed directly under a heading.

S15—3 Preparations of food additives

If a substance may be *used as a food additive under the table to section S15—5:

(a) the substance may be added in the form of a preparation of the substance; and

(b) other substances may be used as food additives in the preparation in accordance with the permissions under category 0 of the table (preparations of food additives).

S15—4 Definitions

(1) In the table to section S15—5:

(a) MPL means the maximum permitted level, measured (unless otherwise indicated) in mg/kg; and

(b) a reference to ‘GMP’ is a reference to the maximum level necessary to achieve 1 or more technological purposes under conditions of GMP.