Test Your Knowledge 2

15. All individual ingredients must be listed on food labels.
True
False

16. Food labels on packaged foods do not need to list ingredients that contribute less than 10 percent (w/w), except ingredients that carry a potential health/allergy risk like peanuts, royal jelly, caffeine.
True
False

17. If an ingredient belongs to a class, the class name can be used instead of the specific name.
True
False

18. The following 'classes' have labelling restrictions: animal fats, nuts, meat, food additives.
True
False

19. Flavours added to foodstuffs must be listed by name and number.
True
False

20. Safety assessments are done on combinations of additives.
True
False

21. Monosodium glutamate is not found naturally in any food or food product.
True
False

22. Functional foods claim to have positive health benefits in addition to their nutritive value.
True
False

23. Margarines containing plant sterols are functional foods that lower blood cholesterol but may increase the risk of weight gain.
True
False

24. Foods with the 'tick' logo from the National Heart Foundation are always low in total fat.
True
False

25. The current Australian Food Standards code does not allow claims that a food can cure or prevent diseases.
True
False

26. Under the new food standards code for genetically modified (GM) foods, which of the following foods will be labelled as containing genetically modified ingredients:
Oil or vegetable fat made from GM corn or cottonseed or soy
GM modified flavours which make up less than 0.1% of the final food
Take-away / restaurant foods containing GM ingredients
Soy milk made from GM Roundup Ready soy containing detectable levels of novel DNA or novel protein.