Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 22 – Foods and classes of foods
S22—3Portion of a commodity to which an MRL and an ERL apply
Start here
Get a plain-English read of S22—3
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 22 – Foods and classes of foods.
S22—3 Portion of a commodity to which an MRL and an ERL apply
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the portion of a food commodity that is specified for the purposes of paragraph 1.4.2—3(2)(a) is the portion as specified by a provision of this Standard.
(2) If Schedules 19, 20 or 21 specify a portion of a food commodity for purposes of paragraph 1.4.2—3(2)(a), that portion is the portion specified for the purposes of that paragraph.
Note Paragraph 1.4.2—3(2)(a) provides that, when calculating the amount of a permitted residue in a food, the amount to calculate is the amount of that residue that is in the portion of the commodity that is specified in Schedule 22.
Example Bananas are classified by Schedule 22 as Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel. Subsection S22—5(5) and (8) provide that, for bananas, the portion specified for the purposes of paragraph 1.4.2—3(2)(a) is ‘the whole commodity after removal of any central stem and peduncle’. Schedule 20 may set an MRL for ‘Bananas [Pulp]’. In this case, subsection S22—3(2). would provide that the portion specified for the purposes of paragraph 1.4.2—3(2)(a) is the pulp.