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✨ Food Standards Amendment

3 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1939

(b) ‘energy value’ means energy expressed in kilojoules set out opposite and in
relation to each of the following dietary sources -

1 g fat yields 37 kJ
1 g protein yields 17 kJ
1 g carbohydrate, expressed as monosaccharide, yields 16 kJ;

(c) the protein content of a food to which it applies shall be calculated -

(i)  in the case of a product in which the major source of protein is
    cows’ milk, by multiplying the nitrogen content by 6.38;
(ii)     in any other case, by multiplying the nitrogen content by 6.25.

(2) (a) In this Division, infant formula is any food sold, described or advertised as
an alternative to human milk for the feeding of infants. It is a product suitable for infant
feeding prepared from milk of cows or other animals or other edible constituents of animal or
plant origin or a mixture of all of them, save that infant formula described as ‘suitable from
birth’ shall not contain cereal proteins. In the preparation of infant formula for use, the
addition of water only shall be required.

(b)  Infant formula may be specifically formulated to satisfy particular well-
recognised dietary requirements that are a result of a specific physical or physiological
condition, disease or disorder, but in all other respects shall comply with this Standard. All
deviations from the requirements of this Standard necessary to suit the condition, disease or
disorder shall be declared in the label on or attached to a package containing the food.

(c)  A package containing infant formula powder except single serve sachets
thereof shall enclose a scoop suitable for use in accordance with the directions contained in
the label on or attached to the package.

(3) Infant formula when prepared in accordance with directions contained in the label on
or attached to a package containing the food -

(a)  shall -

    (i)  be free of lumps and of large, coarse particles and suitable for
        being fed through a soft rubber or plastic nipple;
    (ii)     have an energy value of not less than 2700 kJ/L and not more than
        3000 kJ/L;
    (iii)    have an osmolality not more than 325 mOsm/kg;
    (iv)     not contain more than 20 mg/100 kJ of carbohydrate, other than
        lactose;
    (v)  not contain sesame oil, cottonseed oil or fats containing more than
        80 g/kg fat of trans- isomer fatty acids;

(b)  shall contain -

    (i)  protein of one of the following formulations -

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