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Division 1 Preliminary
1.2.7—1 Name
This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 1.2.7 –
Nutrition, health and related claims.
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.
1.2.7—2 Definitions
In Standard 1.2.7 and Standard 1.2.8:
fruit means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that
are present in the typical proportion of the whole fruit (with or without the peel or
water); and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, legumes and seeds.
vegetable means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion
that are present in the typical proportion of the whole vegetable (with or without the
peel or water) and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, dried legumes
(including dried legumes that have been cooked or rehydrated) and seeds.
Note 1 In this Code (see section 1.1.2—2):
biomarker means a measurable biological parameter that is predictive of the risk of a serious disease
when present at an abnormal level in the human body.
carbohydrate, other than in the definition of beer (section 1.1.2—3), means available carbohydrate or
available carbohydrate by difference.
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.
endorsement means a nutrition content claim or a health claim that is made with the permission of an
endorsing body.
endorsing body means a not-for-profit entity that:
(a) has a nutrition- or health-related purpose or function; and
(b) permits a supplier to make an endorsement.
fat, in Standards 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 and Schedules 4 and 11, means total fat.
food group means any of the following groups:
(a) bread (both leavened and unleavened), grains, rice, pasta and noodles;
(b) fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices and fungi;
(c) milk, skim milk, cream, fermented milk, yoghurt, cheese, processed cheese, butter, ice
cream, condensed milk, dried milk, evaporated milk, and dairy analogues derived from
legumes, cereals, nuts, seeds, or a combination of these ingredients listed in section
S17—4;
(d) meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds and dried legumes;
(e) fats including butter, edible oils and edible oil spreads.
general level health claim means a health claim that is not a high level health claim.
general level health claims table means the table to section S4—5.
health claim means a claim which states, suggests or implies that a food or a property of food has, or
may have, a health effect.
Note See also subsection 2.10.2—8(3).
health effect means an effect on the human body, including an effect on one or more of the following:
(a) a biochemical process or outcome;
(b) a physiological process or outcome;
(c) a functional process or outcome;
1.2.7—13 Nutrition content claims about properties of food not in section S4—3
(1) A nutrition content claim about a *property of food that is not mentioned in the table
to section S4—3 may state only:
(a) that the food contains or does not contain the property of food; or
(b) that the food contains a specified amount of the property of food in a
specified amount of that food; or
(c) a combination of paragraph (a) and (b).
(2) A statement made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) must not use a descriptor
listed in Column 3 of the nutrition content claims table, or any other descriptor,
except a descriptor that indicates that the food does not contain the property of
food.
Division 6 Endorsements
1.2.7—23 Endorsing bodies
(1) An *endorsing body must:
(a) not be related to; and
(b) be independent of; and
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These amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act
1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless
indicated as such.
This is compilation No. 6 of Standard 1.2.7 as in force on 29 November 2018 (up to Amendment No.
182). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.
To assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to
have effect, may be reflected in the Standard as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement
or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal
Register of Legislation including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment
History once the date is passed.
Standard 1.2.7 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC96 on 10 April 2015 as part of
Amendment 154 (F2015L00394 –- 31 March 2015) and has since been amended as follows:
1.2.7—4 159 F2015L01929 1 March 2016 rs Subsections replaced with new section.
3 Dec 2015
FSC101
7 Dec 2015
Note to 169 F2017L0499 12 Nov 2017 ad Note as a consequential amendment
1.2.7—4 4 May 2017 arising from insertion of new section
FSC111 1.4.4—7.
11 May 2017
1.2.7— 157 F2015L01374 1 March 2016 am Correction of typographical error.
4(1) 1 Sept 2015
FSC99
3 Sept 2015
1.2.7—6 159 F2015L01931 1 March 2016 ad New paragraph (d) relating to a permitted
3 Dec 2015 Health Star Rating symbol.
FSC101
7 Dec 2015
1.2.7—12 157 F2015L01391 1 March 2016 am Insertion of note to reference new Standard
1 Sept 2015 1.2.12.
FSC99
3 Sept 2015
1.2.7—12 161 F2016L00120 (19 Jan 2017) rep Note to section.
18 Feb 2016
FSC103
22 Feb 2016
1.2.7— 157 F2015L01374 1 March 2016 am Correction of typographical errors.
12(2), 1 Sept 2015
(3), (5), FSC99
(6), (7) 3 Sept 2015