Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.7 – Nutrition, health and related claims (Cth)

Standard 1.2.7 Nutrition, health and related claims

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. Division 1 Preliminary 1.2.7—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.7 – Nutrition, health and related claims. 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. 1.2.7—2 Definitions In Standard 1.2.7 and Standard 1.2.8: fruit means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that are present in the typical proportion of the whole fruit (with or without the peel or water); and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, legumes and seeds. vegetable means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that are present in the typical proportion of the whole vegetable (with or without the peel or water) and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, dried legumes (including dried legumes that have been cooked or rehydrated) and seeds.

Note 1 In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2): biomarker means a measurable biological parameter that is predictive of the risk of a serious disease when present at an abnormal level in the human body. carbohydrate, other than in the definition of beer (section 1.1.2—3), means available carbohydrate or available carbohydrate by difference. claim means an express or implied statement, representation, design or information in relation to a food or a property of food which is not mandatory in this Code. endorsement means a nutrition content claim or a health claim that is made with the permission of an endorsing body. endorsing body means a not-for-profit entity that: (a) has a nutrition- or health-related purpose or function; and (b) permits a supplier to make an endorsement. fat, in Standards 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 and Schedules 4 and 11, means total fat. food group means any of the following groups: (a) bread (both leavened and unleavened), grains, rice, pasta and noodles; (b) fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and fungi; (c) milk, skim milk, cream, fermented milk, yoghurt, cheese, processed cheese, butter, ice cream, condensed milk, dried milk, evaporated milk, and dairy analogues derived from legumes, cereals, nuts, seeds, or a combination of these ingredients listed in section S17—4; (d) meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds and dried legumes; (e) fats including butter, edible oils and edible oil spreads. general level health claim means a health claim that is not a high level health claim. general level health claims table means the table to section S4—5. health claim means a claim which states, suggests or implies that a food or a property of food has, or may have, a health effect. Note See also subsection 2.10.2—8(3). health effect means an effect on the human body, including an effect on one or more of the following: (a) a biochemical process or outcome; (b) a physiological process or outcome; (c) a functional process or outcome; (d) growth and development; (e) physical performance; (f) mental performance; (g) a disease, disorder or condition. high level health claim means a health claim that refers to a serious disease or a biomarker of a serious disease. high level health claims table means the table to section S4—4. meet the NPSC means that the nutrient profiling score of a food described in Column 1 of the table to section S4—6 is less than the number specified for that food in Column 2 of that table. NPSC means the nutrient profiling scoring criterion (see section S4—6). property of food means a component, ingredient, constituent or other feature of food. nutrient profiling score means the final score calculated pursuant to the method referred to in section 1.2.7—25. reference food, in relation to a claim, means a food that is: (a) of the same type as the food for which the claim is made and that has not been further processed, formulated, reformulated or modified to increase or decrease the energy value or the amount of the nutrient for which the claim is made; or (b) a dietary substitute for the food in the same food group as the food for which the claim is made. serious disease means a disease, disorder or condition which is generally diagnosed, treated or managed in consultation with or with supervision by a health care professional. sugars, in Standard 1.2.7, Standard 1.2.8 and Schedule 4—means monosaccharides (other than D-allulose) and disaccharides. (Elsewhere in the Code it has a different definition).