✨ Food Standards Amendment
3 JULY
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1947
(iv) storage instructions covering both the period before and after it is opened;
(v) the source of protein in the product.
(6) There shall not be written in the label on or attached to a package containing infant formula -
(a) a pictorial representation of an infant;
(b) a pictorial representation that idealises the use of infant formula;
(c) the word 'humanised' or 'maternalised' or any word or words having the same or a similar effect;
(d) information relating to the nutrient content of human milk;
(e) a reference to the presence of vitamins, minerals, electrolytes or L-amino acids except in the statement of ingredients or in the nutrition information table;
(f) words claiming that the product is suitable for all infants from birth.
(6A) Notwithstanding paragraph (6)(e), where the iron content of infant formula is not less than 0.25 mg per 100 kJ, the label may include the words 'infant formula with iron'.
(6B) The statement 'infant formula with iron' is not a nutrition claim for the purpose of Standard 1.2.8 of this Code.
(7) Methods of microbiological analysis. The methods set out in this clause are the prescribed methods with respect to the microbiological analysis of infant formula.
(a) Standard plate count. Proceed in accordance with the current standard method in AS 1766 Food microbiology, save that for the purpose of this method when 5 sample units each consisting of at least 100 g or more of infant formula powder are examined as detailed, the result shall be reported as 'not exceeding 1000 micro-organisms per gram of the food' when at least 3 of the 5 sample units have a standard plate count not exceeding 1000 micro-organisms per gram and any remaining sample units have a standard plate count not exceeding 10 000 micro-organisms per gram.
(b) Coliforms. Proceed in accordance with the current standard method in AS 1766 Food microbiology, save that for the purpose of this method when 5 sample units each consisting of at least 100 g or more of infant formula powder are examined as detailed using an incubation temperature of 30°C the result shall be reported as 'coliforms not detected in 1 gram of the food' when at least 3 of the 5 sample units are free from coliforms in 1 g and any remaining sample units are free from coliforms in 0.1 g.
(c) Coagulase-positive staphylococci. Proceed in accordance with the current standard method in AS 1766 Food microbiology, save that for the purpose of this method when 5 sample units each consisting of at least 100 g or more of infant formula powder are examined as detailed, the result shall be reported as 'coagulase-positive staphylococci not detected in 0.1 gram of the food' when at least 4 of the 5 sample units are free from coagulase-positive staphylococci in 0.1 g and any remaining sample units are free from coagulase-positive staphylococci in 0.01 g.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2002, No 75
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NZ Gazette 2002, No 75
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