New Zealand Gazette – 2002 – No. 75

Page 1942

✨ Food Standards Amendment



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 75

1942

(i) L-amino acids as specified in clause (3)(b)(i) of this Standard;

(ii) L-carnitine;

(iii) citric acid and L(+)-lactic acid;

(iv) vitamins, minerals and electrolytes as specified in subparagraphs (iv), (v) and (vi) of paragraph (b) of this clause in the forms specified in the Table 1 in this Standard;

(v) not more than -

(A) 5 g/L of lecithin;

(B) 4 g/L in total of mono- and di-glycerides of fat-forming fatty acids;

(C) 1 g/L in total of guar gum and locust bean gum;

(D) 10 mg/L of tocopherols;

(E) in the case of liquid milk-based infant formula and liquid soy-based infant formula, 0.3 g/L of carrageenan;

(F) in the case of liquid hydrolysed protein-based infant formula and liquid amino acid-based infant formula, 1 g/L of carrageenan;

(G) in the case of hydrolysed protein-based infant formula and amino acid-based infant formula, 25 g/L in total of acetylated distarch phosphate, distarch phosphate and phosphated starch phosphate;

(H) in the case of soy-based infant formula, 5 g/L in total of acetylated distarch phosphate, distarch phosphate and phosphated starch phosphate.

(4) Microbiological standards . When examined by the methods prescribed by clause (7) of this Standard -

(a) infant formula powder shall -

(i) have a standard plate count not exceeding 1000 micro-organisms per gram;

(ii) be free from coliforms in 1 g;

(iii) be free from coagulase-positive staphylococci in 0.1 g;

(iv) be free from Salmonella in 25 g;

(v) have a Bacillus cereus count not exceeding 100 micro-organisms per gram;

(b) ultra heat treated liquid infant formula and sterilised liquid infant formula shall show no microbial growth.

(5) There shall be written in the label on or attached to a package containing infant formula -

(a) in standard type of 3 mm, the words -

‘INFANT FORMULA’

immediately followed by -



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🏥 Amendment No. 61 to the Food Standards Code (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Amendment, Infant Formula Products, Nutritional Requirements, Protein, Amino Acids, Fat, Vitamins, Minerals, Electrolytes, Microbiological Standards, Labeling