Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 24 – Restricted plants and fungi (Cth)

Schedule 24           Restricted plants and fungi

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.

Restricted plants and fungi are regulated by paragraphs 1.1.1—10(5)(a) and (6)(e) and Standard 1.4.4.This Standard lists plants and fungi for the definition of restricted plant or fungus in section 1.1.2—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.

S24—1                Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 24 – Restricted plants and fungi.

NoteCommencement:
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.

S24—2                Restricted plants and fungi

For paragraph (a) of the definition of restricted plant or fungus in section 1.1.2—3, the plants and fungi are:

Restricted plants and fungi

Species name	Common name	Natural toxicant
Artemisia absinthium	Common wormwood	Thujone, santonin
Artemisia cina Berg	Levant wormseed	Thujone, santonin
Artemisia maritima	Levant wormseed	Thujone, santonin
Artemisia vulgaris	Mugwort	Thujone, santonin
Chrysanthemum balsamita	Costmary	Thujone
Chrysanthemum parthenium (see Tanacetum parthenium)
Cinchona spp.	Cinchona	Quinine
Cinnamomum camphora	Camphor tree oil	Safrole, coumarin
Cinnamomum micranthum	Micranthum oil	Safrole, coumarin
Hedeoma pulegioides oil	American pennyroyal	Pulegone
White snakeroot oil
Hypericum perforatum	St John's wort	Hypericine
Mentha pulegium oil	European pennyroyal oil	Pulegone
Sassafras albidum	American sassafras oil	Safrole
Sassafras officinale (see Sassafras albidum)
Tanacetum balsamita (see Chrysanthemum balsamita)
Tanacetum parthenium	Feverfew	Santonin
Tanacetum vulgare	Tansy oil	Thujone
Thuja occidentalis	Thuja, White cedar	Thujone

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Amendment History

The Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Schedule. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.

These amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.

About this compilation

This is compilation No. 1 of Schedule 24 as in force on 13 April 2017 (up to Amendment No. 168). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.

Prepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 13 April 2017.

Uncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect

To assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Schedule as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislation including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.

The following abbreviations may be used in the table below:

ad = added or inserted   am = amended

exp = expired or ceased to have effect                  rep = repealed

rs = repealed and substituted

Schedule 24 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC96 on 10 April 2015 as part of Amendment 154 (F2015L00438 –- 1 April 2015) and has since been amended as follows:

Section affected	A’ment No.	FRL registration Gazette	Commencement (Cessation)	How affected	Description of amendment
Note 1 to Std	168	F2017L00414 11 April 2017 FSC110 13 April 2017	13 April 2017	am	Cross-reference.