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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.5.6 – Ice cream

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This standard defines "ice cream" and requires any food sold as that name to meet minimum composition thresholds: at least 100 g/kg milk fat and 168 g/L food solids (ss 2.5.6—2, 2.5.6—3).

It applies to businesses that make or sell ice cream in Australia and New Zealand and creates compliance obligations for manufacturers, retailers and regulators: products that do not meet the measurements must not be marketed as "ice cream."

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.5.6 – Ice cream

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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

Note:

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

Standard 2.5.6 Ice cream

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 In Australia, dairy products must be processed in accordance with Standard 4.2.4.

2.5.6—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.5.6 – Ice cream.

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.

2.5.6—2 Definitions

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

ice cream means a sweet frozen food that is made from cream or milk products or both, and other foods, and is generally aerated.

2.5.6—3 Requirement for food sold as ice cream

A food that is sold as ‘ice cream’ must:

(a) be ice cream; and

(b) contain no less than:

(i) 100 g/kg of milk fat; and
(ii) 168 g/L of food solids.

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