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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients)

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This Standard sets the exact class names that must or may be used when listing food additives in ingredient statements under paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a) of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. It applies to businesses labelling food sold in Australia and New Zealand and starts 1 March 2016. Mechanically, it standardises the wording manufacturers use for additives on labels, changing how producers record and present additive information for regulatory compliance.

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients)

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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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Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

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

Schedule 7 Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients)

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.

Standard 1.2.4 is a standard for the information requirements relating to the statement of ingredients, and contains provisions relating to, among other things, substances used as food additives. This Standard lists classes of food additives for paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a).

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.

S7—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients).

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.

S7—2 Food additive class names

For paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a), the class names of food additives are as follows:

Class names of food additives

Prescribed class names	Optional class names
acid	antifoaming agent
acidity regulator	emulsifying salt
alkali	enzyme
anticaking agent	mineral salt
antioxidant	modified starch
bulking agent	vegetable gum
colour
emulsifier
firming agent
flavour enhancer
foaming agent
gelling agent
glazing agent
humectant
preservative
raising agent
stabiliser
sweetener
thickener

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