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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 28 – Formulated caffeinated beverages

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This Schedule lists the maximum amounts of specific vitamins and other ingredients that may be added to ‘formulated caffeinated beverages’ under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. It affects beverage manufacturers and importers who must ensure product formulations meet these numerical limits, and regulators who enforce the Code. It matters because it constrains recipe choices, labelling and compliance costs for producers and sets clear technical ceilings for product composition.

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 28 – Formulated caffeinated beverages

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Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this standard under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on 1 March 2016.

Dated 25 March 2015

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Note: This Standard will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 96 on 10 April 2015.

Schedule 28 Formulated caffeinated beverages

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.

Formulated caffeinated beverages are regulated by subsection 1.1.1—10(5) and Standard 2.6.4. This Standard lists substances and their corresponding permitted amounts for Standard 2.6.4.

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.

S28—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 28 – Formulated caffeinated beverages.

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.

S28—2 Formulated caffeinated beverages

For section 2.6.4—2 and section 2.6.4—5, the table is:

Formulated caffeinated beverages

Column 1	Column 2
Substance	Permitted amount
Thiamin	40 mg
Riboflavin	20 mg
Niacin	40 mg
Vitamin B6	10 mg
Vitamin B12	10 μg
Pantothenic acid	10 mg
Taurine	2 000 mg
Glucuronolactone	1 200 mg
Inositol	100 mg

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1 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 28 – Formulated caffeinated beverages