NEW ZEALAND: FOOD The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.128. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: New Zealand. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Health. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above: 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Thirteenth Amendment to the New Zealand Food Regulations 1984 (33 pages). 6. Description of content: 1. Proposal to amend the list of vitamins and minerals that may be added to certain dairy products. 2. Proposal to amend the skim/non-fat milk standard and the reduced fat milk standard to permit the use of carrageenan where calcium salts have been added. 7. Objective and rationale: To update New Zealand regulations, allowing wider consumer choice. 8. Relevant documents: New Zealand Food Regulations 1984. Notice of the amendment will be published in the Government Gazette of New Zealand upon enactment. 9. Proposed date of adoption: To be gazetted before 1 July 1996. Proposed date of entry into force: 10. Final date for comments: 5 June 1996. (141)

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