Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients) (Cth)

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 Standards Management Officer Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note:

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

Schedule 7 Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients)

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, among other things, substances used as food additives. This Standard lists classes of food additives for paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a).

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. S7—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 7 – Food additive class names (for statement of ingredients). 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. S7—2 Food additive class names For paragraph 1.2.4—7(1)(a), the class names of food additives are as follows: Class names of food additives Prescribed class names Optional class names acid antifoaming agent acidity regulator emulsifying salt alkali enzyme anticaking agent mineral salt antioxidant modified starch bulking agent vegetable gum colour emulsifier firming agent flavour enhancer foaming agent gelling agent glazing agent humectant preservative raising agent stabiliser sweetener thickener