Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.10.1 – Vinegar and related products (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.

Standard 2.10.1 Vinegar and related products

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. 2.10.1—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.10.1 – Vinegar and related products. 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. 2.10.1—2 Definitions

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—3): imitation vinegar means a food that is prepared by mixing water and acetic acid. vinegar means a food that is the sour liquid prepared by acetous fermentation, with or without alcoholic fermentation, of any suitable food, and including blends and mixtures of such liquids. 2.10.1—3 Requirement for food sold as vinegar or imitation vinegar A food that is sold as 'imitation vinegar' or 'vinegar' must be imitation vinegar or vinegar, as appropriate, and contain no less than 40 g/kg of acetic acid. ____________________