Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.9.5 - Food for Special Medical Purposes
Subdivision 3Labelling requirements for inner packages
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Subdivision 3 – Labelling requirements for inner packages
17 Labelling requirements for inner packages
(1) There must be a label on an inner package of food for special medical purposes.
(2) The label must include –
(a) a name or a description of the food sufficient to indicate the true nature of the food; and
(b) the lot identification of the food; and
(c) a declaration of the presence in the food of any of the substances listed in the Table to this paragraph if the substance is present as –
(i) an ingredient; or
(ii) an ingredient of a compound ingredient; or
(iii) a food additive or component of a food additive; or
(iv) a processing aid or component of a processing aid.
Table to paragraph
| Added Sulphites in concentrations of 10 mg/kg or more |
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| Cereals containing gluten and their products, namely, wheat, rye, barley, oats and spelt and their hybridised strains |
| Crustacea and their products |
| Egg and egg products |
| Fish and fish products |
| Milk and milk products |
| Peanuts and peanut products |
| Sesame seeds and sesame seed products |
| Soybeans and soybean products |
| Tree nuts and tree nut products other than coconut from the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera |
(3) A food for special medical purposes contained in an inner package must comply with Standard 1.2.5, other than clause 6 of that Standard.
(4) However, if a label on an inner package of food for special medical purposes is required to include a use-by date under Standard 1.2.5, the words ‘Expiry Date’, or words to similar effect, may be used instead of the words ‘Use By’, and Standard 1.2.5 applies to the food for special medical purposes as if any reference to a use-by date in that Standard were a reference to the ‘Expiry Date’, or the words to similar effect so used.
(5) The label on an inner package of food for special medical purposes must comply with Standard 1.2.9.
(6) To avoid doubt, this clause continues to apply to the label on an inner package of food for special medical purposes even if a responsible institution subsequently supplies the inner package to a patient or resident of the responsible institution.
Note: Editorial note:
Note: The requirement of paragraph 17(2)(c) is based on the requirements of clause 4 of Standard 1.2.3.