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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.7.2 – Beer

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This standard sets a legal definition of “beer” and requires that any food sold as beer must meet that definition. It defines beer as a product characterised by the presence of hops and produced by yeast fermentation of an aqueous extract of malted or unmalted cereals, while allowing certain additions (cereal products, sugar, salt, herbs and spices).

It affects brewers, distributors, retailers and regulators by fixing compositional and labelling boundaries; businesses must ensure formulation or labelling complies or they risk non‑compliance.

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.7.2 – Beer

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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.

Standard 2.7.2 Beer

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.

2.7.2—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.7.2 – Beer.

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.

2.7.2—2 Definitions

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—3):

beer means:

(a) the product, characterised by the presence of hops or preparations of hops, prepared by the yeast fermentation of an aqueous extract of malted or unmalted cereals, or both; or

(b) such a product with any of the following added during production:

(i) cereal products or other sources of carbohydrate;
(ii) sugar;
(iii) salt;
(iv) herbs and spices.

Note A reference to beer includes a reference to ale, lager, pilsener, porter or stout.

2.7.2—3 Requirement for food sold as beer

A food that is sold as beer must be beer.

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