Schedule 2 Units of measurement
Note 1 This instrument is a standard under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section 1.1.1—3.
Standard 1.1.1 relates to introductory matters and standards that apply to all foods. This Standard assigns meanings to symbols of measurement for section 1.1.1—6, which are used throughout this Code.
Note 2 The provisions of the Code that apply in New Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, the Food Act 2014 (NZ). See also section 1.1.1—3.
This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 2 – Units of measurement.
Note Commencement:
This Standard commences on 1 March 2016, being the date specified as the commencement date in notices in the Gazette and the New Zealand Gazette under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). See also section 93 of that Act.
For section 1.1.1—7, the units of measurement are as follows:
Units of measurement
Symbol / unit | Meaning |
% | per cent |
Bé | Baumé scale |
Bq | becquerel |
C | degrees Celsius |
cfu/g | colony forming units per gram |
Cal or kcal | kilocalorie |
cm2 | square centimetre |
cm | centimetre |
dm2 EU/mg | square decimetre Endotoxin units per milligram |
g | gram |
gN/kg | gram of nitrogen per kilogram |
Gy | gray |
J | joule |
kg | kilogram |
kGy | kilogray |
kJ | kilojoule |
kPa | kilopascal |
L or l | litre |
MJ | megajoule |
M | molar concentration |
mg | milligram |
mg/kg | milligram per kilogram |
milliequiv | milliequivalent |
mL or ml | millilitre |
m/m | mass per mass |
mm | millimetre |
mmol | millimole |
mOsm MPN MU | milliosmoles most probable number mouse unit |
nm | nanometre |
Osm | osmoles |
Pa | pascal |
ppm | parts per million |
μg or mcg | microgram |
μg/kg | microgram per kilogram |
μL or μl | microlitre |
μm | micrometre |
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Amendment History
The Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Schedule. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.
These amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.
About this compilation
This is compilation No. 4 of Schedule 2 as in force on 3 June 2021 (up to Amendment No. 200). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.
Prepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 3 June 2021.
Uncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect
To assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Schedule as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislation including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.
The following abbreviations may be used in the table below:
ad = added or inserted am = amended
exp = expired or ceased to have effect rep = repealed
rs = repealed and substituted
Schedule 2 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC96 on 10 April 2015 as part of Amendment 154 (F2015L00492 –- 2 April 2015) and has since been amended as follows:
Section affected | A’ment No. | FRL registration Gazette | Commencement (Cessation) | How affected | Description of amendment |
table to S2—2 | 161 | F2016L00120 18 Feb 2016 FSC103 22 Feb 2016 | 1 March 2016
| am | Formatting of unit for megajoule. |
table to S2—2 | 167 | F2017L00100 7 Feb 2017 FSC109 9 Feb 2017
| 9 Feb 2017 | ad | Unit of measurement for Baumé scale. |
table to S2—2 | 198 | F2021L00332 25 March 2021 FSC 139 26 March 2021
| 26 March 2021 | ad | Unit of measurement for Endotoxin units per milligram |
table to S2—2 | 198 | F2021L00327 25 March 2021 FSC 139 26 March 2021
| 26 March 2021 | ad | Unit of measurement for most probable number |
table to S2—2 | 200 | F2021L00684 2 June 2021 FSC141 3 June 2021 | 3 June 2021 | ad | Unit of measurement for mouse unit |