1Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.3.1 – Food Additives

Standard 1.3.1 Food additives

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.

Note 3 Paragraph 1.1.1—10(6)(a) provides that a food for sale must not have, as an ingredient or a component, a substance that is used as a food additive, unless expressly permitted by this Code. This Standard contains the relevant permissions.

1.3.1—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.3.1 – Food Additives.

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.

1.3.1—2 Definitions

Note Section 1.1.2—11 (Definition of used as a food additive) provides as follows:

(1) A substance is used as a food additive in relation to a food if it is added to the food and:

(a) performs 1 or more of the technological purposes listed in Schedule 14; and

(b) is a substance identified in subsection 1.1.2—11(2).

(2) For subsection 1.1.2—11(1), the substances are:

(a) any of the following:

(i) a substance that is identified in Schedule 15;
(ii) an additive permitted at GMP;
(iii) a colouring permitted at GMP;
(iv) a colouring permitted to a maximum level; and
Note Schedule 15 lists a number of substances that are not additives permitted at GMP, colourings permitted at GMP or colourings permitted to a maximum level.

(b) any substance that is:

(i) a \*non-traditional food and
(ii) has been concentrated or refined, or synthesised, to perform 1 or more of the technological purposes listed in Schedule 14.

Other definitions

(3) In this Code:

additive permitted at GMP means a substance that is listed in section S16—2.

colouring permitted at GMP means a substance that is listed in section S16—3.

colouring permitted to a maximum level means a substance that is listed in section S16—4.

Colours and their aluminium and calcium lakes

(4) A reference to a colour listed in Schedule 15, a colouring permitted at GMP or a colouring permitted to a maximum level includes a reference to the aluminium and calcium lakes prepared from that colour.