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<pre>I don't suppose anyone has access to, or can direct me to, the new labelling
requirements for ANZFA. Their website http://www.anzfa.gov.au/ doesn't tell
me. I recall Olive Week in Melbourne earlier this year had a paper on same
but cannot find anything there either http://www.olivebusiness.com/.
Similarly the AOA doesn't have anything yet.

Regards
Peter Caird
www.victorianolivegroves.com
AUSTRALIA



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<pre>ah yes, the ANZFA web space is a pretty dense website with a 56k
mainfeed...

although its hard to find much in the way of specifics for EVOO, i
found this (such as it is)....


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Edible Oils
Purpose
This Standard contains specific labelling and composition
requirements for edible oils.

Table of Provisions
1. Interpretation
2. Composition
3. Process declaration

Clauses

1. Interpretation
In this Code -
edible oils mean the triglycerides of fatty acids of plant or animal
origin.

Editorial note:
All edible fats are included in the definition of edible oils. '
Plant ' includes aquatic plants and ' animal ' includes aquatic
animals.

This Standard does not define specific names for edible oils.
Guidance on the specific naming of oils may be found in Codex
Alimentarius 1983 Volume 8 -Fats, Oils and Related Products and the
Agreement to Monitor Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils in Australia
issued by the Australian Olive Oil Association.



2. Composition
Edible oils may contain incidental amounts of free fatty acids,
unsaponifiable constituents and other lipids.

Editorial note:
' Other lipids' include naturally occurring gums, waxes and
phosphatides.


3. Process declaration
Where the specific name of an oil is used, the label on the package
containing that oil must include a statement that describes the
nature of any process which has been used to alter the fatty acid
composition of the edible oil.

Editorial note:
For example, hydrogenation is a process used to alter the fatty acid
composition of fatty acids in an edible oil.


Standard 2.4.2
Edible Oil Spreads
Purpose
This Standard defines edible oil spreads and margarine and sets
compositional requirements for these products. Butter is standardised
in Standard 2.5.5.

Table of Provisions
1 Interpretation
2 Composition of edible oil spreads and margarine

Clauses
1 Interpretation
In this Code -

edible oil spreads means a spreadable food composed of edible oils
and water in the form of an emulsion of the type water-in-oil.

margarine means an edible oil spread containing no less than 800g/kg
of edible oils.

2 Composition of edible oil spreads and margarine
Edible oil spreads and margarine may contain -

(a) water; and
(b) edible proteins; and
(c) salt; and
(d) lactic acid producing micro-organisms; and
(e) flavour producing micro-organisms; and
(f) milk products; and
(g) no more than 137 g/kg of phytosterol esters.


(2) Subclause (3) does not apply to table edible oil spreads and
table margarine produced in, or imported into, New Zealand.

(3) Table edible oil spreads and table margarine, must contain no
less than 55 µ g/kg of vitamin D.


Editorial note:
Subclauses (2) and (3) of clause 2 in this Standard will be reviewed
prior to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code becoming the
sole Food Standards Code in Australia and New Zealand.
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and this is a link to a guide where the various labelling
requirements seem to be listed(HTML & PDF) :
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/assi...erguides/index
.cfm

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BTW, the talk in OB 2002 was on the Food Act, rather than the
labelling requirements, if you are thinking about the Ann Moon
Baker&McKenzie) paper.

best,
na



i think that link will give you the information you're after.
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<pre>Peter,

Look deeper into the ANZFA site. The AOA has a link to the ANZFA site
so there was no need to provide any further detail on their site.

Dan
Spring Gully Olives
SE Queensland Australia
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<pre>--- In OliveOil@y..., "Dan Burnet" <springgullyolives@b...> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Look deeper into the ANZFA site. The AOA has a link to the ANZFA
site
> so there was no need to provide any further detail on their site.

with respect,

the link from the AOA page is a peripheral one, which simply leads to
the front page of the ANZFA site. one has to look far deeper than
that to find the relevant info.

hey, come to think of it, that is *very much* an AOA link.


best,
na


heh, sorry dan, i couldn't resist that very obvious and rather bad
pun...)
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