Proposal P1054 - Pure and highly concentrated caffeine products (Amendment Report)

On 12 December 2019, FSANZ approved a variation to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to prohibit the retail sale of pure and highly concentrated caffeine products. That variation to the Code took effect on 12 December 2019 in Australia and on 3 February 2020 in New Zealand. The variation was prepared and approved as part of Proposal P1054, which had been declared as an Urgent Proposal under section 95 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (the FSANZ Act). The FSANZ Act required FSANZ to assess, and then call for public submissions on, the approved variation. FSANZ assessed the approved variation in accordance with section 99 of the FSANZ Act and then called for public submissions on 28 July 2020. After considering all submissions received, FSANZ decided to prepare a proposal for the further variation of the Code in relation to caffeine.