Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 10 – Generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use (Cth)

Schedule 10           Generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use

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.

Standard 1.2.4 is a standard for the information requirements relating to the statement of ingredients, and contains provisions relating to, the labelling of ingredients. This Standard specifies generic names for ingredients and conditions for subparagraph 1.2.4—4(b)(i).

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.

S10—1                Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 10 – Generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use.

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.

S10—2                Generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use

For section 1.2.4—4, the generic ingredient names and conditions (if any) for their use are:

Generic names of ingredients and conditions for their use (if any)

Generic name

Condition for use (if any)

cereals

If the cereal is wheat, rye, barley, oats or spelt or a hybridised strain of one of those cereals, the specific name of the cereal must be declared.

cheese

cocoa butter

crystallised fruit

fats or oils

(a)    The statement of ingredients must declare:

(i)     whether the source is animal or vegetable; and

(ii)    if the source of oil is peanut or sesame—the specific source name; and

(iii)   if the source of oil is soybeans and the oil has not been degummed, neutralised, bleached and deodorised—the specific source name; and

(iv)   if the food is a dairy product, including ice cream—the specific source of animal fats or oils.

(b)    This generic name must not be used for diacylglycerol oil.

fish

If crustacea, the specific name of the crustacea must be declared.

fruit

gum base

herbs

meat

milk protein

milk solids

May be used to describe:

(a)    milk powder, skim milk powder or dried milk products; or

(b)    any 2 or more of the following ingredients:

(i)     whey;

(ii)    whey powder;

(iii)   whey proteins;

(iv)   lactose;

(v)    caseinates;

(vi)   milk proteins;

(vii)  milk fat.

nuts

The specific name of the nut must be declared.

poultry meat

spices

starch

(a)    If the source of the starch is wheat, rye, barley, oats or spelt, or hybridised strains of those cereals—the specific
name of the cereal must be declared.

(b)    The name ‘starch’ may be used for any unmodified starch or any starch which has been modified by either physical means or enzymes.

sugar

(a)    The name ‘sugar’ may be used to describe:

(i)     white sugar; or

(ii)    white refined sugar; or

(iii)   caster sugar or castor sugar; or

(iv)   loaf sugar or cube sugar; or

(v)    icing sugar; or

(vi)   coffee sugar; or

(vii)  coffee crystals; or

(viii) raw sugar.

(b)    The name ‘sugars’ must not be used in a statement of ingredients.

vegetables

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Amendment History

The Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. 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 10 as in force on 19 May 2016 (up to Amendment No. 163). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.

Prepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 19 May 2016.

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 Standard 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 Legislative Instruments 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 10 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC96 on 10 April 2015 as part of Amendment 154 (F2015L00480 –- 2 April 2015) and has since been amended as follows:

Section affected	A’ment No.	FRLI registration Gazette	Commencement (Cessation)	How affected	Description of amendment
table to S10—2	163	F2016L00783 12 May 2016 FSC105 19 May 2016	19 May 2016	rs	Entry for ‘fats or oils’ as a consequence of amendments to Standard 1.2.3.