Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/97)

Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/97) Patsy Reddy, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 10th day of May 2021 Present: Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council These regulations are made under section 27 of the Fair Trading Act 1986— (a) on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and (b) on the recommendation of the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs made in accordance with that section and with section 5 of the Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Act 2018. Contents Page 1 Title 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Transitional, savings, and related provisions 2 4 Interpretation 3 Note The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it. These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. Version as at 3 November 2021 1 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM96959 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM96438 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=LMS40074 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM4311400 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM4311400 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM7298371 Part 1 Food that is regulated 5 Meaning of regulated food item 3 6 Meaning of fresh 4 7 Meaning of minimally processed 4 8 Meaning of cured pork 4 Part 2 Information must be disclosed How and when information must be disclosed 9 Meaning of origin information 5 10 How information must be disclosed 6 11 General requirement to disclose information for regulated food item 6 12 Additional information if origin changes by time of supply 6 13 Replacement information if origin differs between stores 7 14 Optional replacement information if origin changes often 7 15 Optional replacement information if origin changes often for meat or cured pork 7 When information need not be disclosed 16 Information not required for supply in accordance with accepted offer 8 17 Information not required for audio-only offer or advertisement 8 Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions 9 Regulations 1 Title These regulations are the Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021. 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 12 February 2022. Regulation 2: amended, on 3 November 2021, by Schedule 4 clause 31 of the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 42). 3 Transitional, savings, and related provisions The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms. r 1 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Version as at 3 November 2021 2 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=LMS558186 4 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— cured pork has the meaning given by regulation 8 fish or seafood means a finfish or a shellfish, as those terms are defined by section 2(1) of the Fisheries Act 1996 fresh has the meaning given by regulation 6 fruit or vegetable— (a) means a plant, or a part of a plant, that can be eaten as food; and (b) includes a mushroom or edible fungus, sprouted legume, coconut, green bean or pea, snowpea, edamame bean, broad bean, or sweetcorn; but (c) excludes all of the following that are not covered by paragraph (b): a nut, seed, legume, or grain, or a herb growing in soil fundraising event means an event where food is supplied solely to raise money for a charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, or cultural purpose item means each separate unit or package that is supplied or offered or adver‐ tised for supply (for example, an individual watermelon or a package of peas) origin information has the meaning given by regulation 9 regulated food item has the meaning given by regulation 5. Part 1 Food that is regulated 5 Meaning of regulated food item (1) In these regulations, regulated food item means an item of food that— (a) is a type of food described by subclause (2); and (b) is supplied, or offered or advertised for supply, at retail (including on an Internet site or by mail-out); and (c) is not supplied, or offered or advertised for supply,— (i) at a fundraising event; or (ii) for immediate consumption, by a restaurant, cafeteria, takeaway shop, canteen, or similar place, or a caterer. (2) The types of food are as follows: (a) food that— (i) is only 1 type of fruit or vegetable, fish or seafood, or meat; and (ii) is fresh, or is frozen or thawed (but would otherwise be fresh); and (iii) is no more than minimally processed: Version as at 3 November 2021 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Part 1 r 5 3 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM394199 (b) cured pork. 6 Meaning of fresh (1) A food is fresh if it has not been processed for the purpose of preserving it or extending the period during which it may be eaten. (2) The following are examples of processing that do not prevent a food from being fresh: (a) refrigeration or chilling: (b) surface treatment, which means applying a substance to the food’s sur‐ face without changing the food’s essential character, taste, or nutritional content: (c) vacuum sealing: (d) blanching before freezing. (3) The following are examples of processing that mean a food is not fresh: (a) drying, freeze-drying, or dehydration: (b) curing: (c) fermentation: (d) pickling: (e) preservation in salt, sugar, or oil: (f) canning: (g) cooking (including baking, roasting, or grilling) other than blanching before freezing: (h) smoking: (i) reconstitution. 7 Meaning of minimally processed The following are examples of processing that do not prevent a food from being only minimally processed (for the purposes of regulation 5(2)(a)(iii)): (a) cutting, chopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, grating, or mashing: (b) juicing, blending, or puréeing: (c) filleting, deboning, or shucking: (d) peeling or shelling: (e) washing or sanitising: (f) irradiation. 8 Meaning of cured pork In these regulations, cured pork means— (a) a processed pork product that— Part 1 r 6 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Version as at 3 November 2021 4 (i) contains pork flesh that is at least 30% of the product’s weight; and (ii) is represented as bacon or ham; or (b) a processed pork product that— (i) contains pork flesh that is whole pieces or cuts of pork muscle and is at least 66% of the product’s weight; and (ii) for the primary purpose of preserving the product, contains— (A) salt; or (B) salt and 1 or both of nitrite and nitrate. Part 2 Information must be disclosed How and when information must be disclosed 9 Meaning of origin information (1) This table defines the origin information for each type of regulated food item: Type of regulated food item Origin information A type of fruit or vegetable The 1 or more countries in which the fruit or vegetables in the item were grown A type of meat or cured pork The 1 or more countries in which the animals in the item were raised A type of fish or seafood The 1 or more countries in whose national fisheries jurisdiction, or oceans in whose high seas,— (a) the finfish in the item were caught; or (b) the shellfish in the item were harvested (2) A fruit or vegetable was grown in a country if— (a) it was materially increased in size, or materially altered in substance, in that country by natural development; or (b) it germinated or otherwise arose in that country. (3) An animal was raised in a country if it was materially increased in size in that country by natural development. (4) In this regulation,— high seas means the waters outside the national fisheries jurisdiction of any country national fisheries jurisdiction means a country’s internal waters, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zone, as determined by its domestic law and con‐ sistently with international law ocean means the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Ant‐ arctic) Ocean, or Arctic Ocean. Version as at 3 November 2021 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Part 2 r 9 5 10 How information must be disclosed (1) This regulation applies to information that must be disclosed for a regulated food item under this Part, including information that is chosen to be disclosed under regulation 14 or 15. (2) The information must be disclosed— (a) as clear and legible text in English or Māori; and (b) to enable a person to whom the item is supplied, offered, or advertised to be informed of how the item is related to the 1 or more countries or oceans disclosed for the item (for example, that the item was grown in the country, or that the item’s animals were raised in the countries); and (c) so that its connection to the item is clear, either— (i) in 1 of the following ways, if the item is supplied, or offered or advertised for supply, where the item is located: (A) on the item or its packaging: (B) on signs located next to the item: (C) in a similar way; or (ii) as part of the offer or advertisement, if the item is offered or advertised for supply where the item is not located (for example, on an Internet site or by mail-out). 11 General requirement to disclose information for regulated food item (1) If a regulated food item is supplied, or offered or advertised for supply, certain information must be disclosed for the item. (2) The information that must be disclosed is the item’s origin information. (3) However, this regulation is subject to— (a) the additions, replacements, and modifications in regulations 12 to 15, which are cumulative if more than 1 apply; and (b) the exclusions in regulations 16 and 17. 12 Additional information if origin changes by time of supply (1) This regulation applies if— (a) a regulated food item is offered or advertised for supply where the item is not located (for example, on an Internet site or by mail-out); and (b) the person who offers or advertises the item has reason to believe that, by the time of supply, the origin information of the item supplied will differ from the origin information when the item was offered or adver‐ tised. (2) The information to be disclosed for the item offered or advertised must include a statement to make clear that the item’s origin information may change by the time the item is supplied. Part 2 r 10 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Version as at 3 November 2021 6 13 Replacement information if origin differs between stores (1) This regulation applies if— (a) a person offers or advertises for supply any regulated food items— (i) of the same type (for example, a brand’s 1 kg packages of baby peas); and (ii) where the items are not located (for example, on an Internet site or by mail-out); and (b) the origin information of the items differs between any of the person’s stores. (2) The information that must be disclosed for each item (instead of an individual item’s origin information under regulation 11(2)) is— (a) a list that combines the countries or oceans from the origin information of all of those items (from all of the person’s stores); and (b) a statement to make clear that not all of the listed countries may be rele‐ vant to an item at a particular store. (3) In this regulation, store means a place of business from which the item is sup‐ plied. 14 Optional replacement information if origin changes often (1) This regulation applies to any regulated food items that a person supplies, or offers or advertises for supply,— (a) that are of the same type (for example, a brand’s 1 kg packages of baby peas); and (b) over any period in which the origin information of the items changes often enough that it would be unreasonable to change that information for disclosure. (2) The person may choose to disclose the following information for each item (instead of an individual item’s origin information under regulation 11(2)): (a) a list that combines the countries or oceans from the origin information of all of those items; and (b) a statement to make clear that not all of the listed countries may be rele‐ vant to a particular item. 15 Optional replacement information if origin changes often for meat or cured pork (1) This regulation applies if a person’s regulated food items of the same type— (a) are covered by regulation 14(1) (which applies if origin information changes often); and (b) are meat or cured pork (for example, a brand’s 1 kg packages of chicken pieces of a certain type). Version as at 3 November 2021 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Part 2 r 15 7 (2) The person may choose to disclose the following information for each item (instead of the origin information of an individual item under regulation 11(2) or of all of those items under regulation 14): (a) either— (i) a list that combines the countries from the slaughter information for all of those items, or the name of the 1 country if their slaugh‐ ter information is the same; or (ii) a list that combines the countries from the origin information for some of the animals, and from the slaughter information for the rest of the animals, in those items; and (b) a statement to make clear— (i) that not all of the listed countries may be relevant to a particular item, if more than 1 country is listed; and (ii) in respect of each country from the slaughter information for an item, that the animals in the item may not have been raised in that country. (3) If a person chooses to disclose the information in subclause (2)(a)(i) or (ii), regulations 12 and 13 apply as if that information were origin information. (4) In this regulation, slaughter information means the 1 or more countries in which the animals in an item were slaughtered. When information need not be disclosed 16 Information not required for supply in accordance with accepted offer (1) This regulation applies if— (a) an offer for supply of a regulated food item is accepted where the item is not located (for example, on an Internet site); and (b) the regulated food item is supplied in accordance with the accepted offer. (2) Information need not be disclosed for the item under this Part when the item is supplied. 17 Information not required for audio-only offer or advertisement (1) This regulation applies if a regulated food item is offered or advertised for sup‐ ply by an audio-only medium (for example, radio). (2) Information need not be disclosed for the item under this Part when the item is offered or advertised for supply. Part 2 r 16 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Version as at 3 November 2021 8 Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions r 3 Part 1 Provisions relating to these regulations as made 1 Frozen food not regulated for first 18 months Despite regulation 5, any food that is frozen is not a regulated food item before 12 May 2023. Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019. Date of notification in Gazette: 12 May 2021. Version as at 3 November 2021 Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Schedule 1 9 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM7298104 Notes 1 General This is a consolidation of the Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 that incorporates the amendments made to the legis‐ lation so that it shows the law as at its stated date. 2 Legal status A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presump‐ tion applies unless the contrary is shown. Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, pub‐ lished as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legis‐ lation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version. 3 Editorial and format changes The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to con‐ solidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations. 4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 42): Schedule 4 Part 4 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2021 Notes Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021 Version as at 3 November 2021 10 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM7298365 http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM7298371 http://www.pco.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ http://legislation.govt.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=LMS558187