Food Act 1989 Regulation adopting amendments to the National Food Standards Code (1991-372) [GG No 108 of 19.7.1991] (NSW)

1991—No. 372

FOOD ACT 1989—REGULATION

(Adopting amendments to the National Food Standards Code)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 108 of 19 July 1991]

HIS Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council,

and in pursuance of the Food Act 1989 and on the recommendation of the Food Advisory Committee, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

J. B. HANNAFORD

Minister for Health and Community Services.

Commencement

1. This Regulation takes effect on I January 1992.

Amendment

2. The Food Standards Code set out in Schedule 1 to the Food

Standards Code (Adoption) Regulation 1989 is amended as follows:

(a) Standard O2 is amended by inserting after clause (7) the following clauses:

(7A) For the purposes of clause (7B), fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice, sweetened fruit juice or fruit juice drink contains an imported fruit ingredient if an ingredient of the food is:

(a)	a fruit juice or concentrated fruit juice that was imported into Australia; or
(b)	prepared in whole or in part from fruit that was imported into Australia.

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(7B) Where fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice, sweetened fruit juice or fruit juice drink offered for sale contains one or more imported fruit ingredients, the label on or attached to a package containing the food must, unless the label expressly indicates that the product is a product of a country other than Australia, include otherwise than in the ingredient list:

(a) a statement identifying each country of origin of the imported fruit ingredients; or

(b) a statement to effect that the food is made from:

(i) imported fruit ingredients; or

(ii) imported fruit ingredients and local fruit ingredients,

as the case requires.

Standard O7 is amended by inserting after clause (6) the

following clauses :

(7) For the purposes of clause (8), orange juice, reconstituted
orange juice, concentrated orange juice or sweetened orange juice

contains an imported fruit ingredient if an ingredient of the food

orange juice, concentrated orange juice or sweetened

orange juice that was imported into Australia; or

prepared in whole or in part from oranges that were (8) Where orange juice, reconstituted orange juice, concentrated orange juice or sweetened orange juice offered for sale contains one or more imported fruit ingredients, the label on or attached to a package containing the food must, unless the label expressly indicates that the product is a product of a country other than Australia, include otherwise than in the ingredient list:

imported into Australia.

(a)

a statement identifying each country of origin of the imported fruit ingredients; or

(b) a statement to the effect that the food is made from:

(i)  imported oranges, imported orange juice, imported orange juice concentrate or imported sweetened orange juice; or

(ii) imported fruit ingredients and local fruit ingredients,

as the case requires.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to adopt modifications to the Food Standards

Code of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

The modifications relate to the labelling of fruit juices and fruit juice drinks

containing imported ingredients.