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Notice Type

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Notice Title

Standard 2.6.3 – Kava – Food Standards (Proposal P1025 – Code Revision) Variation—AustraliaNew Zealand Food Standards Code – AmendmentNo. 154

Notice Type

General Section

Publication Date

8 May 2015

Tags

Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act Variations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment No. 154

Notice Number

2015-gs1906

Page Number

2274

Issue Number

49

The Board of Food Standards AustraliaNew Zealand gives notice of the making of this standard under section 92 of theFood Standards AustraliaNew Zealand Act 1991.

The Standard commences on 1 March 2016.

Dated 25 March 2015

Standards Management Officer, Delegate of the Board of Food Standards AustraliaNew Zealand.

Note 1This instrument is a standard under theFood Standards AustraliaNew Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up theAustraliaNew Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section1.1.1—3.

Note 2The provisions of the Code that apply inNew Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, theFood Act 2014 (NZ). See also section1.1.1—3.

Note 3Paragraphs1.1.1—10(3)(e) and(4)(i) provide that a food for sale must not consist of, or have as an ingredient or a component, kava or any substance derived from kava, unless expressly permitted by this Code. This Standard contains the relevant permissions.

Note 4In Australia, this Standard should be considered in conjunction with theCustoms (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 (Cth) and certain State and Territory restrictions on the supply of kava which seek to minimise the detrimental effects associated with kava abuse. Where kava is permitted for supply, the requirements in this Standard complement those restrictions.

2.6.3—1 Name

This Standard isAustraliaNew Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.6.3 – Kava.

Note Commencement: This Standard commences on 1 March 2016, being the date specified as the commencement date in notices in theGazette and theNew Zealand Gazette under section 92 of theFood Standards AustraliaNew Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). See also section 93 of that Act.

2.6.3—2 Definitions

NoteIn this Code (see section1.1.2—3):

kava means plants of the speciesPiper methysticum.

kava root means the peeled root or peeled rootstock of kava.

2.6.3—3 Exception to prohibition

The prohibition relating to the use of kava and substances derived from kava in paragraphs1.1.1—10(3)(e) do not apply to a food that is:

(a) a beverage obtained by the aqueous suspension of kava root using cold water only, and not using any organic solvent; or

(b) dried or raw kava root.

2.6.3—4 Labelling of foods containing kava

For the labelling provisions, the following *warning statements are required for a food referred to in paragraph2.6.3—3(a) or2.6.3—3(b):

(a) ‘Use in moderation’; and

(b) ‘May cause drowsiness’.

Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1. For the labelling requirement for unpackaged kava, see paragraph1.2.1—9(4)(c).