Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 3 – Identity and purity (Cth)

Schedule 3 Identity and purity

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.

Standard 1.1.1 relates to introductory matters and standards that apply to all foods. Section 1.1.1—15 and S26 require certain substances to comply with relevant specifications. This Standard sets out the relevant specifications.

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. S3—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 3 – Identity and purity. 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. S3—2 Substances with specifications in primary sources (1) For subsection 1.1.1—15(2), the specifications are: (a) any relevant provision listed in the table to subsection (2); or (b) Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, FAO JECFA Monographs 1 (2005), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, as superseded by specifications published in any of the following: (i) FAO JECFA Monographs 3 (2006); (ii) FAO JECFA Monographs 4 (2007); (iii) FAO JECFA Monographs 5 (2008); (iv) FAO JECFA Monographs 7 (2009); (v) FAO JECFA Monographs 10 (2010); (vi) FAO JECFA Monographs 11 (2011); (vii) FAO JECFA Monographs 13 (2012); (viii) FAO JECFA Monographs 14 (2013); (ix) FAO JECFA Monographs 16 (2014); (x) FAO JECFA Monographs 17 (2015); (xi) FAO JECFA Monographs 19 (2016); (xii) FAO JECFA Monographs 20 (2017); (xiii) FAO JECFA Monographs 22 (2018); (xiv) FAO JECFA Monographs 23 (2019); (xv) FAO JECFA Monographs 25 (2020); (xvi) FAO JECFA Monographs 26 (2021); or (c) United States Pharmacopeial Convention (2022) Food chemicals codex. 13th ed, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Rockville, MD; or (d) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives. (2) The table to this subsection is: Relevant provisions Substance Provision advantame section S3—5 amine agarose ion exchange resin section S3—6 bentonite section S3—7 Bovine lactoferrin Section S3—46 bromo-chloro-dimethylhydantoin section S3—8 carboxymethyl cellulose ion exchange resin section S3—9 dibromo-dimethylhydantoin section S3—10 diethyl aminoethyl cellulose ion exchange resin section S3—11 dimethyl ether section S3—12 dried marine micro-algae (Schizochytrium sp.) rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) section S3—13