✨ Food Standards for Infants
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(b) honey, unless it has been treated to inactivate Clostridium botulinum spores; or
(c) more than the following amounts of sodium:
(i) for rusks—350 mg/100 g;
(ii) for biscuits—300 mg/100 g;
(iii) for any of the following—100 mg/100 g:
(A) flours and pasta;
(B) ready-to-eat foods for infants (including cereal-based foods for infants other than rusks and biscuits);
(C) fruit drink, vegetable juice and ready-to-eat fruit-based foods; or
(d) for fruit drink, vegetable juice or a ready-to-eat fruit-based food—added salt; or
(e) for fruit drink, vegetable juice or a non-alcoholic beverage—a total monosaccharide and disaccharide content of more than 4 g/100 g.
(2) If inulin-type fructans or galacto-oligosaccharides are added to food for infants, the total amount of those substances in the food (including the amount added and the amount naturally occurring) must not be greater than 0.8 g/100 g, based on the product as consumed.
(3) Food for infants may contain lactic acid producing microorganisms.
(4) If food for infants is intended for infants under the age of 6 months, it must be formulated and manufactured to a consistency that minimises the risk of choking.
2.9.2—4 Additional compositional requirements for cereal-based food for infants from the age of 6 months
(1) This section applies to cereal-based food for infants that:
(a) contains more than 70% cereal, on a moisture free basis; and
(b) is promoted as suitable for infants from the age of 6 months.
(2) The food must contain at least 20 mg/100 g of iron on a moisture free basis.
(3) The food may contain:
(a) added iron in the following forms:
(i) electrolytic iron; or
(ii) reduced iron; or
(iii) the forms permitted in the table to section S29—7; and
(b) added thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate, magnesium in permitted forms set out in the table to section S29—7; and
(c) added vitamin C to a maximum level of 90 mg/100 g on a moisture free basis.
2.9.2—5 Additional compositional requirements for cereal-based food for infants from the age of 4 months
(1) This section applies to cereal-based food for infants that:
(a) contains more than 70% cereal, on a moisture free basis; and
(b) is promoted as suitable for infants from the age of 4 months.
(2) The food may contain:
(a) added iron in the following forms:
(i) electrolytic iron; or
(ii) reduced iron; or
(iii) the forms permitted in the table to section S29—7; and
(b) added vitamin C in the forms permitted in the table to section S29—7 to a maximum amount of 90 mg/100 g on a moisture free basis.
2.9.2—6 Additional compositional requirements for non-cereal-based food for infants
(1) This section applies to food for infants other than cereal-based food for infants.
(2) If the food is vegetable juice, fruit drink or fruit gel, it must contain no less than 25 mg/100 g of vitamin C.
(3) If the food is a fruit-based food, it may contain vitamin C or folate or both in the permitted forms set out in the
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Standard 2.9.2 - Food for Infants - Food Standards (Proposal P1025 - Code Revision) Variation—Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Amendment No. 154
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