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    General Foods
    New Zealand


    This section provides the compositional requirements for the food category and/or food products in scope and information on permitted nutrients, ingredients, and additives.

    3.1 Composition Requirements

    There are no compositional requirements for the overall category of “General Foods”. Refer to section 3.1 of product-specific Guidebooks.

    3.2 Raw Material Requirements

    Under Standard 1.1.1—10 of Ref [1], the compositional standards for a food and any components are described as follows:

    • Permission to use another food as an ingredient in a food 
    • Permission to use other ingredients as food additives, nutritive substances, and processing aids in a food, unless expressly prohibited by the Code for specific food categories

    Refer to section 3.2 of product-specific Guidebooks for product-specific requirements.

    3.3 Fortification

    Standard 1.1.2—12 of Ref [1] defines nutritive substances as those added to the food to achieve a nutritional purpose and include the following: 

    • For vitamins and minerals, Standard 1.3.2 and Schedule 17 of Ref [1] provide the permitted forms that can be added to general foods, including conditions of use for certain food categories
    • For other substances, Schedules 28 and 29 of Ref [1] provide specific types of other nutritive substances that can be added to certain food categories such as permitted forms of amino acids for infant formula and follow-on formula

    3.4 Other Permitted Ingredients

    Please refer to section 3.2 above.

    3.5 Permitted Additives

    Standard 1.3.1—2 of Ref [1] defines food additives as those added to the food to perform 1 or more of the technological purposes listed in Schedule 14 and include the following:

    • Additives permitted at GMP in Schedule 16
    • Additives permitted with specific criteria of use in Schedule 15
    • Any substances that are non-traditional food* and have been concentrated or refined, or synthesized, to perform 1 or more of the technological purposes listed in Schedule 14

    *Notes: refer to Standard 1.1.2—8 of Ref [1] for the definition of non-traditional food.

    3.6 Permitted Flavors and Colors

    Please refer to section 3.5 above.

    3.7 Permitted Processing Aids 

    3.8 Additional Notes 

    N/A

    3.9 References

    1. Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. FSANZ

    https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/Pages/default.aspx


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