Ingredient requirements for excluded nutritional or digestive products
5 Ingredient requirements for excluded nutritional or digestive products
The ingredient requirements under this clause are met in relation to a substance or a mixture of substances if, at the time it is supplied:
each ingredient used in the substance or mixture is covered by subclause (2) or (3); and
each ingredient used in the substance or mixture meets the quality specification requirements under subclause (5); and
the substance or mixture does not contain any ingredient referred to in subclause (7).
Ingredients that may be in substance or mixture
An ingredient is covered by this subclause if the ingredient is a substance of plant or animal origin that is edible by an animal, including:
an edible grain and a processing by‑product of an edible grain; and
whey powder and any other milk by‑product.
An ingredient used in a substance or a mixture of substances for a particular purpose is covered by this subclause if:
the use of the ingredient in the substance or mixture for that purpose is (subject to subclause (4)) authorised in a particular country by, or in accordance with, a standard, rule, code, specification or method referred to in an item in the following table; and
if the ingredient’s use for that purpose is authorised by, or in accordance with, more than one such standard, rule, code, specification or method—the ingredient’s use for that purpose is in accordance with the most stringent standard, rule, code, specification or method that is applicable.
Ingredients authorised for use by certain standards, rules, codes, specifications or methods | |
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Item | Standards, rules, codes, specifications and methods |
1 | The following ingredients authorised by the Food Standards Code, as existing at the time of the supply: (a) permitted flavouring substances; (b) generally permitted processing aids; (c) food additives (including colourings) specified in Schedule 16 to the Food Standards Code |
3 | A determination under section 8B of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 of New Zealand (substances generally recognised as safe for use as or in an agricultural compound), as existing on 5 March 2015 |
4 | Annex I (list of additives) of the European Union Register of Feed Additives established in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition, as existing at the time of the supply |
5 | Parts 573, 582 and 584 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, as existing at the time of the supply |
6 | Chapter 6 (Feed Terms and Ingredient Definitions) of the Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, as existing at the time of the supply |
7 | Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, as existing at the time of the supply |
8 | An ingredient determination (see Division 3.3), as existing at the time of the supply |
9 | Part 1 of Schedules IV and V to the Feeds Regulations 1983 of Canada, as existing at the time of the supply |
For paragraph (3)(a):
the use of an ingredient is only authorised by, or in accordance with, the Annex referred to in item 4 of the table if:
the ingredient is not referred to as a category 5 substance in the Annex; and
the Annex specifies an expiry date for authorisations for the ingredient; and
the use of an ingredient is only authorised by, or in accordance with, the Chapter referred to in item 6 of the table if the ingredient is not specified as a tentative listing in that Chapter; and
the use of an ingredient is only authorised by, or in accordance with, the Handbook referred to in item 7 of the table if the substance or mixture in which the ingredient is used is for canine or equine consumption.
Quality specification requirements
An ingredient used in a substance or a mixture of substances for a particular purpose meets the quality specification requirements under this subclause if the use of the ingredient for that purpose is, at the time it is supplied, in accordance with any quality specification under:
a standard (however described) about animal feed, as existing at that time, provided for by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
if no such standard exists at that time—a law of this jurisdiction; or
if neither paragraph (a) nor (b) applies—a standard about animal feed published by Standards Australia, as existing at that time.
If there is no quality specification of a kind mentioned in subclause (5) that applies in relation to the use of an ingredient for a particular purpose in a substance or a mixture of substances at the time it is supplied, then the ingredient is taken to meet the quality specification requirements under that subclause in relation to its use for that purpose.
Ingredients that cannot be in substance or mixture
For paragraph (1)(c), the substance or mixture must not contain any of the following:
a hormone;
if the substance or mixture is intended for consumption by ruminants—any of the following:
any part of a vertebrate animal;
material produced from a vertebrate animal;
matter the production of which involves the use of a vertebrate animal;
other than tallow, gelatine, an oil, whey power or any other milk by‑product;
an antibiotic substance listed in Schedule 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 or 9 of the current Poisons Standard;
an antibiotic substance listed in Schedule 6 of the current Poisons Standard, unless the antibiotic substance is used in the substance or mixture as a preservative;
an ingredient determined by the APVMA, by legislative instrument, for the purposes of this paragraph.
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