The Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand gives notice of the making of this Standard under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. The Standard commences on the date of gazettal.

Dated 10 June 2025

Matthew O’Mullane, General Manager, Food Safety  

Delegate of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Schedule 25A   Permitted cell-cultured foods

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.

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.

Note 3 Division 3 of this Standard applies in Australia only.

Division 1 Preliminary

S25A—1 Name

  This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 25A – Permitted cell-cultured foods.

 Note Commencement:
This Standard commences on the date of gazettal, 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.

S25A—2 Definitions

In this Schedule,

cell-cultured quail means quail cells obtained from culturing embryonic fibroblast cells sourced from Coturnix japonica.

S25A—3 Permitted cell-cultured foods

  For section 1.5.4—3, the permitted *cell-cultured foods are:

Permitted cell-cultured foods

Division 2 Cell-cultured quail

S25A—4 Conditions on sale

(1) Cell-cultured quail must not be a food for retail sale.

 (2) A food for retail sale may have cell-cultured quail as an ingredient.

S25A—5 Labelling conditions

 (1) This section applies to a food for retail sale that has cell-cultured quail as an ingredient.

 (2)  The label on the package of the food must not contain the phrase ‘poultry meat‘.

 (3) The labelling of the food must not contain the word ‘meat‘ other than in conjunction with the following:

 (a) the statement required by section 1.5.4—5;

 (b) a statement required by section 1.5.4—6.

 (4) Subparagraph 1.2.4—4(b)(iii) does not apply to the food.

 Note Subparagraph 1.2.4—4(b)(iii) permits the use of generic names specified in Schedule 10 to identify certain ingredients in a statement of ingredients, including the generic names ‘meat’ and ‘poultry meat’.

Division 3 Assessed cell lines

S25A—6 Assessed cell line

  For the definition of assessed cell line in section 3.4.1—2, the following cell lines are listed:

Assessed cell lines