For example, a statement of ingredients for a food containing cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots (when added as separate ingredients to the food), may be written as: ‘cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots’. And it may also be written by listing the individual vegetables after the generic name as: ‘vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots)’.
When using the generic name, if there are the following special conditions, the name of the ingredient needs to be clearly listed:
- fats or oils must be qualified as to whether the source is animal or vegetable.
- if the source of vegetable oil is peanut, soybean or sesame, the specific source name must be declared.
- the source of animal fats or oils must be specifically declared for dairy products, including ice cream.
- Allergens must be clearly listed.
The name of the ingredients shall be accurate, and shall not be false, misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive.
For example, fruit juice made from reconstituted apple juice should not be declared as ‘apple juice’ as this is potentially misleading.
The above is part of the requirements about the ANZ food label, please continue to pay attention to the subsequent series of articles (PART II, PART III) for more information.
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