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Health, Nutrition and Related Claims: Enabling Provisions in New Zealand Law
8 The proposal
After a preliminary analysis of the options summarised in the section above, NZFSA proposes to replace the Medicines (Related Products (Exempted Foods)) Regulations 2003 with new regulations that exempt food products carrying claims regulated under the Code from classification as Related Products under the Medicine Act 1981 (option (b), paragraph 7.2).
The Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill, as it is drafted, does not retain the category of Related Products from the Medicines Act. Therefore when this Bill is passed into law the exemption regulation will no longer be necessary and will be repealed with the Medicines Act.
8.1 Impacts of the proposed regulations
The impact of legislative measures to give legal effect to the health claims standard in the Code is minor. As enabling legislation the proposed regulations would impose no cost on the economy.
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