TBT BSN | Notification

Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/NZL/11

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Proposal P154 - Regulatory Requirements for Foods Comprising or Containing Royal Jelly, Bee Pollen and Propolis, Including the Need for Label Warning Statements

Objective

Product Covered

Food and Processed Foods

Document Notification

Link to ePing

HSCODE

ICSCODE

Keywords

Food standards; Labelling

Specific Regions

Description

The New Zealand Food Standard 2001 prescribes warning statements in upper case for products (foods and dietary supplements) containing royal jelly, bee pollen or propolis.  The First Review of Proposal P154 seeks to continue to provide mandatory labelling requirements for foods comprising or containing royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.  New Zealand previously notified P154, however after being directed to conduct a First Review, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) recommends the adoption of an amended draft variation to Standard 1.2.3, on the basis of a review of recent and comprehensive risk assessments of royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis.  Royal jelly when presented as a food and foods containing royal jelly would continue to bear the warning statement “ This product contains royal jelly which has been reported to cause severe allergic reactions and in rare cases, fatalities, especially in asthma and allergy sufferers”.  However, the required labelling statement for foods containing propolis or bee pollen has been relaxed to an advisory statement to the effect that ‘the product contains propolis or bee pollen which can cause severe allergic reactions’.

Notified Document

Link to Notification

EN:File here

FR:File here

ES:File here

Status Active

No	#	Comment By	Title	Comment Date	File

Back

Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/NZL/11

Link to ePing

App Settings