Pursuant to sections 11D, 11L and 11Z of the Food Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby issues the following amendment to the New Zealand (Mandatory) Food Standard 1997.
A m e n d m e n t
Food Standard
1. Title-This food standard may be cited as the New Zealand (Mandatory) Food Standard 1997, Amendment No. 2.
2. Commencement-This food standard shall come into force on the 28th day after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette.
3. Mandatory Food Standard-Compliance with this food standard is mandatory under section 11Z of the Food Act 1981.
4. Amendment to the New Zealand (Mandatory) Food Standard 1997-The New Zealand (Mandatory) Food Standard 1997 is amended by inserting the following entry into the table to clause 6:
Food Conditions
Soy sauce, flavoured soy sauce, and sauce mixtures with a soy sauce base. Chloropropanols
Issued at Wellington this 14th day of December 2001.
RUTH DYSON, Acting Minister of Health.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the amendment and has been included to explain its general effect.
The New Zealand (Mandatory) Food Standard 1997 ("the prescribed foods Standard 1997") came into force on 12 August 1997. The prescribed foods Standard 1997 lists prescribed foods (high risk foods) and their risks. The Food Act 1981 and the Food Regulations 1984 require persons who import, manufacture, store, transport, prepare for sale or sell any food to provide appropriate evidence that the risks associated with a prescribed food have been controlled, prior to it being sold. In addition, section 11P of the Food Act requires prescribed foods to comply with all applicable food standards, which in the case of soy sauce will include any limits on the presence of chloropropanols contained in the New Zealand Food Standard 2001 and the joint Food Standards Code.
Amendment No. 2 to the prescribed foods Standard 1997 will come into effect 28 days after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. Amendment No. 2 adds soy sauce, flavoured soy sauce and sauce mixtures with a soy sauce base as prescribed foods and 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol and 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol as the risk and condition to be monitored.
All imported soy sauce, flavoured soy sauce and sauce mixtures with a soy sauce must be declared when imported into
New Zealand. The import procedures are specified in the Standard Management Rules. A copy of these rules is available from the Ministry of Health (Food Group, Public Health Directorate) or from local Public Health Units.
Food standards subject to Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989
Food standards, including this amendment, are subject to the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989. Any person has the right to make a complaint about a food standard to the Regulations Review Committee.
Availability of food law
An outline of New Zealand food law, including copies of New Zealand Food Standards, can be viewed on the Ministry of Health web site:
www.moh.govt.nz
Copies of legislation can be purchased from:
? Bennetts, Commerce House, 360 Queen Street, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 377 3496. Facsimile: (09) 377 3497.
? Whitcoulls, Shop 42 Centre Place, P.O. Box 928, Hamilton. Telephone: (07) 839 6305. Facsimile: (07) 834 3520.
? Bennetts on Broadway, P.O. Box 138, Palmerston North. Telephone: (06) 358 3009. Facsimile: (06) 358 2836.
? Bennetts Government Bookshop, P.O. Box 5334, Wellington. Telephone: (04) 499 3433. Facsimile: (04) 499 3375.
? Whitcoulls Cashel Street, Private Bag, Christchurch. Telephone: (03) 379 7142. Facsimile: (03) 377 2529.
? Whitcoulls George Street, P.O. Box 1104, Dunedin. Telephone: (03) 477 8294. Facsimile: (03) 477 7869.
? Any Bennetts bookshop.