Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.8 – Nutrition information requirements (Cth)

Standard 1.2.8 Nutrition information requirements

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 1.2.8—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.8 – Nutrition information requirements. 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. 1.2.8—2 Purpose This Standard sets out nutrition information requirements in relation to foods for sale that are required to be labelled under this Code, and for foods for sale that are exempt from these labelling requirements. This Standard sets out when nutrition information must be provided, and the manner in which such information must be provided. Note 1 Standard 1.2.7 also sets out additional nutrition information requirements in relation to nutrition content claims and health claims. Information provided voluntarily in a nutrition information panel is a nutrition content claim. Note 2 This Standard does not apply to infant formula products. Standard 2.9.1 sets out specific nutrition labelling requirements for infant formula products. 1.2.8—3 Application of Standard This Standard does not apply to infant formula products or a Permitted Health Star Rating symbol. Note See Standard 2.9.1. 1.2.8—4 Definitions

Note 1 In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2): average energy content means the average energy content calculated in accordance with section S11—2. available carbohydrate means available carbohydrate calculated in accordance with section S11—3. available carbohydrate by difference means available carbohydrate by difference calculated in accordance with section S11—3. average quantity, of a substance in a food, means the average, for such foods from that producer or manufacturer, of: (a) where a serving or reference amount is specified—the amount of the substance that such a serving or reference amount contains; or (b) otherwise—the proportion of that substance in the food, expressed as a percentage. Note See also section 1.1.1—6. biologically active substance means a substance, other than a nutrient, with which health effects are associated. 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. claim requiring nutrition information: (a) means: (i) a nutrition content claim; or (ii) a health claim; and (b) does not include: (i) a declaration that is required by an application Act; or (ii) an endorsement; or (iii) a *prescribed beverage gluten free claim. dietary fibre means that fraction of the edible part of plants or their extracts, or synthetic analogues that: (a) are resistant to digestion and absorption in the small intestine, usually with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine; and (b) promote one or more of the following beneficial physiological effects: (i) laxation; (ii) reduction in blood cholesterol; (iii) modulation of blood glucose; and includes: (c) polysaccharides or oligosaccharides that have a degree of polymerisation greater than 2; and (d) lignins. fat, in Standards 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 and Schedules 4 and 11, means total fat. monounsaturated fatty acids means the total of cis-monounsaturated fatty acids. polyunsaturated fatty acids means the total of polyunsaturated fatty acids with cis-cis-methylene interrupted double bonds. saturated fatty acids means the total of fatty acids containing no double bonds. 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). trans fatty acids means the total of unsaturated fatty acids where one or more of the double bonds are in the trans configuration. unit quantity means: (a) for a food consisting of a solid or semi-solid food—100 grams; or (b) for a food consisting of a beverage or other liquid food—100 millilitres.