1Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.3 – Information requirements – warning statements, advisory statements and declarations

Standard 1.2.3 Information requirements – warning statements, advisory statements and declarations

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.

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.

Division 1 Preliminary

1.2.3—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.3 – Information requirements – warning statements, advisory statements and declarations.

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.

1.2.3—1A Definitions

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2):

required name, of a particular food, means the name declared by section 1.2.3—5 as the required name for that food for the purposes of Division 3 of Standard 1.2.3.

size of type means the measurement from the base to the top of a letter or numeral.

Division 2 Mandatory statements

1.2.3—2 Mandatory advisory statements

(1) For the labelling provisions, if a food is listed in Column 1 of the table in section S9—2, the corresponding advisory statement in Column 2 of that table is required.

(2) For the labelling provisions, an advisory statement to the effect that excess consumption may have a laxative effect is required for a food that contains:

(a) one or more of the following substances, either alone or in combination, at a level of or in excess of 10 g/100 g:

(i) lactitol;
(ii) maltitol;
(iii) maltitol syrup;
(iv) mannitol;
(v) xylitol; or

(b) one or more of the following substances, either alone or in combination, at a level of or in excess of 25 g/100 g:

(i) erythritol;
(ii) isomalt;
(iii) polydextrose;
(iv) sorbitol; or
(c) one or more of the substances listed in paragraph (a), in combination with one or more of the substances listed in paragraph (b), at a level of or in excess of 10 g/100 g; or
(d) added D-allulose as an ingredient and the food is one of the following:
(i) a bakery product;
(ii) bubble gum;
(iii) chewing gum;
(iv) breakfast cereal;
(v) confectionery (but not chocolate);
(vi) a dessert (with or without gelatine);
(vii) ice cream;
(viii) edible ice;
(ix) a non-alcoholic water based flavoured drink (as defined in the table to section S25—2);
(x) yoghurt.