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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Food standards - Domestic food standards

403: Purpose of section 404

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"What section 404 is about: letting New Zealand make its own food rules in special cases"

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The purpose of section 404 is to let food standards be issued separately from those in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. This happens in certain limited and exceptional circumstances. You can read more about this in section 404 to see how it works in New Zealand.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Food standards: Domestic food standards

403Purpose of section 404

  1. The purpose of section 404 is to allow, in certain limited and exceptional circumstances, for food standards to be issued separately from those set out in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and to be given the force of law in New Zealand only.