Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula) Variation (Cth)

Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula) Variation

The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this variation under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The variation commences on the date specified in clause 3 of this variation.

Dated 12 September 2024

Christel Leemhuis, General Manager Risk Assessment and Science Branch Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Note: This variation will be published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. FSC 171 on 13 September 2024. This means that this date is the gazettal date for the purposes of clause 3 of the variation.

1 Name

This instrument is the Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula) Variation.

2 Variation to a standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

The Schedule varies a Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

3 Commencement

The instrument commences on gazettal.

4 Effect of the variations made by this instrument Note New Zealand has under Annex D of the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Concerning a Joint Food Standards System opted out of Standard 2.9.1.

(1) Section 1.1.1—9 of Standard 1.1.1 does not apply to the variations made by this instrument.

(2) During the transition period, a food product may be sold if the product complies with one of the following:

(a) the Code as in force without the variations made by the instruments; or

(b) the Code as amended by the variations made by the instruments.

(3) For the purposes of this clause:

(a) the instruments means:

(i) this instrument; and

(ii) the Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula – Consequential Amendments) Variation;