Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.5.2 – Food produced using gene technology (Cth)

Standard 1.5.2 Food produced using gene technology

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.

Note 3 Paragraphs 1.1.1—10(5)(c) and (6)(g) provide that a food for sale must not consist of, or have as an ingredient or a component, a food produced using gene technology, unless expressly permitted by this Code. This Standard contains the relevant permissions. Schedule 26 provides definitions of the terms 'conventional breeding', 'line' and 'transformation event', and lists approved foods produced using gene technology and any conditions for use of the food. 1.5.2—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.5.2 – — Food produced using gene technology. 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. 1.5.2—2 Definitions

Note 1 In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2): food produced using gene technology means a food which has been derived or developed from an organism which has been modified by gene technology. Note This definition does not include food derived from an animal or other organism which has been fed food produced using gene technology, unless the animal or other organism is itself a product of gene technology. gene technology means recombinant DNA techniques that alter the heritable genetic material of living cells or organisms. Note 2 Definitions for genetically modified food, novel DNA and novel protein are in section 1.5.2—4.