✨ Food Standards for Infants




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 170

Clauses

1 Interpretation

In this Standard -

cereal-based food means a food for infants that is based on cereal.

ESADDI means, for a vitamin or mineral in column 1 of Table 3 to clause 8, the estimated safe and adequate daily dietary intake specified for that vitamin or mineral in column 2.

food for infants means a food that is intended and/or represented for use as a source of nourishment for infants, but does not include -

(a) infant formula products; and

(b) formulated meal replacements; and

(c) formulated supplementary foods; and

(d) unprocessed fruit and vegetables.

fruit-based food means a food for infants that is based on fruit.

infant means a person up to the age of 12 months.

infant formula product means an infant formula product as defined in Standard 2.9.1.

RDI means, for a vitamin or mineral in column 1 of Table 2 to clause 8, the recommended dietary intake specified in relation to that vitamin or mineral in column 2 calculated and expressed in the form specified in the Table.

sugars includes honey.

Editorial note:

Sugars is defined in Standard 2.8.1

2 General compositional requirements

(1) Food for infants must not contain a food additive or nutritive substance unless -

(a) expressly permitted by this Code; or

(b) the food additive or nutritive substance is naturally present in an ingredient of the food for infants.

(2) Food for infants may contain -

(a) sugars, provided in the case of a juice or a non-alcoholic beverage, the total sugars content of the food is no more than 4 g/100 g; and



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170





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