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Policy Guideline on the Addition to Food of Substances other than Vitamins and Minerals

Ministers have approved a Guideline on the addition to food of substances other than vitamins and minerals.  For the purpose of this policy guideline a substance other than a vitamin and mineral is a substance which is:

• not intended to be consumed as a food in its own right (that is, goods which, in Australia or New Zealand, have a tradition of use as foods for humans in the form in which they are presented); and
• is intentionally added including an addition made solely for a technological purpose.

The Policy Guideline does not apply to special purpose foods the formulation and presentation of which are governed by specific standards in Part 2.9 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

 Click here for the guidelines