{"id":"F2015L00417","name":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.9.2 – Food for infants","slug":"australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93005,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00417-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.9.2 – Food for infants","content":"Standard 2.9.2 Food for infants\n\nNote 1 This instrument is a standard under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section 1.1.1—3.\n\nNote 2 The provisions of the Code that apply in New Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, the Food Act 2014 (NZ). See also section 1.1.1—3.\n\n2.9.2—1 Name\n\nThis Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.9.2 – Food for infants.\n\nNote Commencement: \nThis Standard commences on 1 March 2016, being the date specified as the commencement date in notices in the Gazette and the New Zealand Gazette under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). See also section 93 of that Act.\n\n2.9.2—2 Definitions\n\nNote In this Code (see section 1.1.2—3):\n\ncereal-based food for infants means a food for infants, not including a beverage, that is based on cereal.\n\nfood for infants:\n\n(a) means a food that is intended or represented for use as a source of nourishment for infants; and\n\n(b) does not include:\n\n (i) infant formula products; or\n (ii) formulated meal replacements; or\n (iii) formulated supplementary foods; or\n (iv) unprocessed fruit and vegetables.\n\nfruit-based food means food that is based on fruit.\n\n2.9.2—3 Food for infants—general compositional requirements\n\n(1) Food for infants must not contain:\n\n(a) for a cereal-based food for infants—more than 50 mg/100 g of total iron on a moisture free basis; or\n\n(b) the following types of food unless the food has been treated to inactivate Clostridium botulinum spores:\n\n (i) honey;\n (ii) native bee honey; or\n\n(c) more than the following amounts of sodium:\n\n (i) for rusks—350 mg/100 g;\n (ii) for biscuits—300 mg/100 g;\n (iii) for any of the following—100 mg/100 g:\n\n(A) flours and pasta;\n\n(B) ready-to-eat foods for infants (including cereal-based foods for infants other than rusks and biscuits);\n\n(C) fruit drink, vegetable juice and ready-to-eat fruit-based foods; or\n\n(d) for fruit drink, vegetable juice or a ready-to-eat fruit-based food—added salt; or\n\n(e) for fruit drink, vegetable juice or a non-alcoholic beverage—a total monosaccharide and disaccharide content of more than 4 g/100 g.\n\n(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.\n\n(3) Food for infants may contain lactic acid producing microorganisms.\n\n(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.\n\n2.9.2—4 Additional compositional requirements for cereal-based food for infants from the age of 6 months\n\n(1) This section applies to cereal-based food for infants that:\n\n(a) contains more than 70% cereal, on a moisture free basis; and\n\n(b) is promoted as suitable for infants from the age of 6 months.\n\n(2) The food must contain at least 20 mg/100 g of iron on a moisture free basis.\n\n(3) The food may contain:\n\n(a) added iron in the following forms:\n\n (i) electrolytic iron; or\n (ii) reduced iron; or\n (iii) the forms permitted in the table to section S29—23; and\n\n(b) added thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin C, folate, magnesium in permitted forms set out in the table to section S29—23; and\n\n(c) added vitamin C to a maximum level of 90 mg/100 g on a moisture free basis.\n\n2.9.2—5 Additional compositional requirements for cereal-based food for infants from the age of 4 months\n\n(1) This section applies to cereal-based food for infants that:\n\n(a) contains more than 70% cereal, on a moisture free basis; and\n\n(b) is promoted as suitable for infants from the age of 4 months.\n\n(2) The food may contain:\n\n(a) added iron in the following forms:\n\n (i) electrolytic iron; or\n (ii) reduced iron; or\n (iii) the forms permitted in the table to section S29—23; and\n\n(b) added vitamin C in the forms permitted in the table to section S29—23 to a maximum amount of 90 mg/100 g on a moisture free basis.\n\n2.9.2—6 Additional compositional requirements for non-cereal-based food for infants\n\n(1) This section applies to food for infants other than cereal-based food for infants.\n\n(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.\n\n(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 table to section S29—23.\n\n2.9.2—7 Labelling\n\n(1) This section does not apply to packaged water.\n\n(2) The label on a package of food for infants must not include a recommendation, whether express or implied, that the food is suitable for infants under the age of 4 months.\n\n(3) For the labelling provisions, the required information relating to composition is:\n\n(a) a statement indicating the consistency of the food; and\n\n(b) a statement indicating the minimum age, expressed in numbers, of the infants for whom the food is recommended; and\n\n(c) if the food is recommended for infants under the age of 6 months—in association with the statement required by paragraph (b), the \\*warning statement ‘Not recommended for infants under the age of 4 months’; and\n\n(d) the word ‘sweetened’—if the food contains more than 4 g/100 g in total of monosaccharide and disaccharide from one or more of the following sources:\n\n (i) added sugars;\n (ii) honey;\n (iii) native bee honey; and\n\n(e) the word ‘sterilised’ in association with the word ‘honey’—if any of the following food has been used as an ingredient:\n\n (i) honey;\n (ii) native bee honey.\n\nNote The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.\n\n2.9.2—8 Additional labelling requirements relating to specific nutrients and energy information\n\n(1) For the labelling provisions, the required information relating to composition is:\n\n(a) if a reference is made in the label (including in the name of the food) to milk, eggs, cheese, fish, meat (including poultry), nuts or legumes—the percentage of that ingredient in the food for sale; and\n\n(b) if the food contains more than 3 g of protein/100 kJ—the \\*warning statement ‘Not suitable for infants under the age of 6 months’.\n\nNote The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.\n\n(2) A claim must not be made that a food for infants is a source of protein unless at least 12% of the \\*average energy content of the food is derived from protein.\n\n2.9.2—9 Prohibited representations\n\n(1) A food must not be represented as being the sole or principal source of nutrition for infants.\n\n(2) The label on a package of food for infants must not include a recommendation that the food can be added to bottle feeds of an infant formula product.\n\n2.9.2—10 Claims about vitamins and minerals\n\n(1) A claim must not be made in relation to food for infants comparing the vitamin or mineral content of the food with that of any other food unless such a claim is expressly permitted elsewhere in this Standard.\n\n(2) A claim as to the presence of a vitamin or mineral in a food for infants may be made if the food contains in a normal serving at least 10% \\*RDI or \\*ESADDI, as appropriate, for that vitamin or mineral.\n\nNote The RDIs and ESADDIs for vitamins and minerals are set out in Schedule 1.\n\n(3) A claim that food for infants is a good source of a vitamin or mineral may be made if a \\*reference quantity of the food contains at least 25% \\*RDI or \\*ESADDI, as appropriate, for that vitamin or mineral.\n\nNote The RDIs and ESADDIs for vitamins and minerals are set out in Schedule 1.\n\n(4) A claim must not be made in relation to a fruit-based food for infants that the food contains more than:\n\n(a) 60 mg/100 g of vitamin C; or\n\n(b) 150 µg/100 g of folate.\n\n(5) If a vitamin or mineral has been \\*used as a nutritive substance in a cereal-based food for infants, a claim must not be made that a normal serving of the food contains that vitamin or mineral in an amount greater than that specified in relation to that vitamin or mineral in the table to section S29—11.\n\n2.9.2—11 Nutrition information\n\n(1) Food for infants need not comply with:\n\n(a) the requirement to include the \\*average quantity of saturated fat on a nutrition information panel (subparagraph 1.2.8—6(1)(d)(ii)); or\n\n(b) subsections 1.2.8—6(3), 1.2.8—6(5) or 1.2.8—7(1); or\n\n(c) sections 1.2.8—8, 1.2.8—11 or 1.2.8—14.\n\n(2) Food for infants need not comply with the requirement in subsection 1.2.8—6(12) to indicate the potassium content of a food in the nutrition information panel.\n\n(3) The nutrition information panel for food for infants must be set out in the format set out in section S12—6.\n\n2.9.2—12 Food in dehydrated or concentrated form\n\n(1) This section applies to food for infants that is in dehydrated or concentrated form.\n\n(2) For the labelling provisions, directions are required for how the food should be reconstituted.\n\nNote The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.\n\n(3) The particulars set out in each column of the nutrition information panel must be expressed as a proportion of the food as reconstituted according to those directions.\n\n(4) If more than one fluid for preparing the food is nominated in the label:\n\n(a) the particulars set out in the column should be adjusted according to the first liquid nominated; and\n\n(b) the name of this liquid must be included in the nutrition information panel.\n\n2.9.2—13 Storage requirements\n\nFor the labelling provisions, the storage instructions must cover the period after the package is opened.\n\nNote The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ \n\nApplication, saving and transitional provisions\n\nThe table below details information on application, saving or transitional provisions in instruments affecting this Standard.\n\n```html\n

Instrument items affected

A’ment No.

FRLI registration

Gazette

Instrument’s transitional provision

Description of transitional arrangement

Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula Products – Consequential Amendments) Variation

Item [14], [15] and [16] of Schedule 2

231

F2024L01151

13 Sept 2024

FSC 171

13 Sept 2024

Clause 4

Clause 4 establishes a transitional arrangement for variations to the Code made by Item [1] of Schedule 2 and by the Food Standards (Proposal P1028 – Infant Formula Products – Consequential Amendments) Variation.

The transition period is the period of time that commences on 13 September 2024 and ends on 13 September 2029.

Subclause 4(1) provides that section 1.1.1—9 of the Code does not apply to the variations.

Subclause 4(2) provides that during the transition period a food product may be sold if the product complies with one of the following:

(a) the Code as in force without the above variations;

(b) the Code as amended by the above variations.

Subclause 4(3) provides that a food product that was labelled before the end of the transition period may be sold after the transition period if the product complies with one of the following:

(a) the Code as in force without the above variations;

(b) the Code as amended by the above variations.

\n```\n\nAmendment History\n\nThe Amendment History provides information about each amendment to the Standard. The information includes commencement or cessation information for relevant amendments.\n\nThese amendments are made under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 unless otherwise indicated. Amendments do not have a specific date for cessation unless indicated as such.\n\nAbout this compilation\n\nThis is compilation No. 4 of Standard 2.9.2 as in force on 13 September 2024 (up to Amendment No. 231). It includes any commenced amendment affecting the compilation to that date.\n\nPrepared by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 13 September 2024.\n\nUncommenced amendments or provisions ceasing to have effect\n\nTo assist stakeholders, the effect of any uncommenced amendments or provisions which will cease to have effect, may be reflected in the Standard as shaded boxed text with the relevant commencement or cessation date. These amendments will be reflected in a compilation registered on the Federal Register of Legislation including or omitting those amendments and provided in the Amendment History once the date is passed.\n\nThe following abbreviations may be used in the table below:\n\nad = added or inserted am = amended\n\nexp = expired or ceased to have effect rep = repealed\n\nrs = repealed and substituted\n\nStandard 2.9.2 was published in the Food Standards Gazette No. FSC96 on 10 April 2015 as part of Amendment 154 (F2015L00417 –- 31 March 2015) and has since been amended as follows:\n\n| Section affected | A’ment No. | FRL registrationGazette | Commencement(Cessation) | How affected | Description of amendment |\n| --------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 2.9.2—8(1) | 157 | F2015L013741 Sept 2015FSC993 Sept 2015 | 1 March 2016 | am | Correction of typographical error in paragraph (b). |\n| 2.9.2—11(2) | 168 | F2017L0041411 April 2017FSC11013 April 2017 | 13 April 2017 | am | Cross-reference. |\n| 2.9.2—3(1)(b) | 229 | F2024L0089418 July 2024 FSC16922 July 2024 | 22 July 2024 | rs | Repeal and substitute to include native bee honey, |\n| 2.9.2—7(3)(d) and (e) | 229 | F2024L0089418 July 2024FSC16922 July 2024 | 22 July 2024 | rs | Repeal and substitute to include added sugars and native bee honey, |\n| 2.9.2—4 | 231 | F2024L0115113 Sept 2024FSC 17113 Sept 2024 | 13 September 2024 | rs | Repeal section S29—7 wherever occurring and substitute with section S29—23. |\n| 2.9.2—5 | 231 | F2024L0115113 Sept 2024FSC 17113 Sept 2024 | 13 September 2024 | rs | Repeal section S29—7 wherever occurring and substitute with section S29—23. |\n| 2.9.2—6(3) | 231 | F2024L0115113 Sept 2024FSC 17113 Sept 2024 | 13 September 2024 | rs | Repeal section S29—7 wherever occurring and substitute with section S29—23. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments reflected in this compilation refine and tighten technical requirements (for example by explicitly including native bee honey, adding sugar/labelling triggers, and updating cross-references to the table at S29—23) and add a multi‑year transitional arrangement to accommodate changes to infant formula-related provisions. These changes update and clarify the Standard’s original purpose—controlling composition and labelling of infant foods—rather than materially expanding its substantive scope beyond that original regulatory boundary. The adjustments are technical (ingredient inclusions, numeric limits, permitted nutrient forms, and transitional timing) rather than creating new categories of regulated products."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple product‑specific numeric limits (iron, sodium, sugar, prebiotic caps, vitamin C minima/maxima) across different product types (2.9.2—3 to 2.9.2—6).","Nested applicability conditions (e.g., applies only where product contains >70% cereal on a moisture‑free basis and is \"promoted\" for a specific infant age) (2.9.2—4(1), 2.9.2—5(1)).","Cross-references to several other Code sections and schedules (S29—23, S29—11, S12—6, Standard 1.2.1 and parts of 1.2.8, and the RDI/ESADDI schedule) that determine permitted nutrient forms, exact labelling formats and claim thresholds.","Multiple conditional labelling requirements and prohibitions with different triggers (minimum age numeric, 'Not recommended' warning, 'sweetened' and 'sterilised' words, warnings tied to protein levels) (2.9.2—7, 2.9.2—8).","Exemptions from parts of the general nutrition information rules create deviations that must be reconciled with the general panels (2.9.2—11).","Transitional arrangements and recent amendments creating a five-year dual compliance period add temporal complexity for supply-chain and enforcement decisions (Amendment history / transitional note).","Defined terms are few but critical (\"food for infants\", \"cereal-based food for infants\", \"fruit-based food\"); reliance on moisture-free basis and reference quantities increases technical measurement complexity (2.9.2—2; multiple provisions).","Claims rules impose multiple numeric thresholds (10% RDI/ESADDI per serving for presence claims; 25% RDI/ESADDI per reference quantity for 'good source') and caps for specific nutrients in fruit-based foods (2.9.2—10)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Standard does (mechanics first)**\n\n- Sets specific rules for composition and labelling of foods that are intended or represented for use as nourishment for infants (but not infant formula products or certain other categories) (definition: \"food for infants\", 2.9.2—2).\n\n- Places product-specific limits and requirements, for example:\n - Iron limits: cereal-based infant foods must not exceed 50 mg/100 g total iron (moisture free) generally (2.9.2—3(1)(a)); cereal-based foods that are >70% cereal and promoted for 6 months must contain at least 20 mg/100 g iron (moisture free) (2.9.2—4(2)).\n - Sodium caps depending on product form (rusks, biscuits, flours/pasta, ready-to-eat foods) (2.9.2—3(1)(c)).\n - Added sugars and honey: honey and native bee honey must not be present unless treated to inactivate Clostridium botulinum spores; fruit drinks/vegetable juices/non-alcoholic beverages must not exceed 4 g/100 g total monosaccharide + disaccharide (2.9.2—3(1)(b),(e)).\n - Prebiotics: if inulin-type fructans or galacto-oligosaccharides are added, total must not exceed 0.8 g/100 g as consumed (2.9.2—3(2)).\n - Microorganisms: lactic acid producing microorganisms are permitted (2.9.2—3(3)).\n - Choking risk: foods intended for infants under 6 months must be made to a consistency that minimises choking risk (2.9.2—3(4)).\n\n- Additional nutrient permissions/limits for cereal-based foods promoted for infants from 4 or 6 months (applies when the product is >70% cereal): allowable forms of added iron and other micronutrients, and a vitamin C ceiling (2.9.2—4 and 2.9.2—5). These refer to permitted nutrient forms and levels set out elsewhere in the Code (section S29—23).\n\n- Non-cereal infant foods: fruit- or vegetable-juice based foods must have at least 25 mg/100 g vitamin C; fruit-based foods may include vitamin C and/or folate within permitted forms (2.9.2—6).\n\n- Labelling rules: require a clear statement of consistency and the minimum recommended infant age (numbers), forbid any recommendation that a product is suitable for infants under 4 months, require a specific warning if a product is recommended for infants under 6 months, require the word \"sweetened\" if >4 g/100 g mono- + disaccharides from specified sources, and require the word \"sterilised\" to appear with \"honey\" if honey is used as an ingredient (2.9.2—7). Packaging must not recommend adding the product to infant formula bottle feeds (2.9.2—9(2)).\n\n- Nutrition/claims limits: sets when vitamin/mineral claims may be made (limits tied to % of RDI or ESADDI), caps on vitamin C and folate claims for fruit-based foods, forbids comparative vitamin/mineral claims unless expressly permitted (2.9.2—10). Also sets format for nutrition information panel and allows some exemptions from general nutrition-panel requirements (2.9.2—11, referencing S12—6 and parts of Standard 1.2.8).\n\n- Reconstituted products and storage: requires reconstitution directions on dehydrated or concentrated infant foods and that nutrition panel values be expressed for the food as reconstituted; storage instructions must cover the opened-package period (2.9.2—12, 2.9.2—13).\n\n- Transitional arrangements: recent amendments introduce a transition period (13 Sept 2024 to 13 Sept 2029) that allows products complying with either the previous Code text or the amended text to be sold during that period and permits sale after the period for products labelled before the end of the period (Amendment history / transitional note).\n\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Food manufacturers and formulators who make foods specifically marketed or intended for infants (product composition and permitted ingredients are constrained) (2.9.2—2, 2.9.2—3 to 2.9.2—6).\n- Food labelling/packaging printers and brand managers (labelling statements, age statements, \"sweetened\" wording, warnings, reconstitution directions) (2.9.2—7, 2.9.2—12, 2.9.2—13).\n- Importers and distributors (must ensure imported products meet the Standard or fall within transitional allowances).\n- Retailers and caregivers: consumers rely on the mandatory labelling statements and nutrition panel presentation; retailers must ensure products on shelf meet the Standard or transitional rules.\n\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- The instrument is presented as protecting infant nutrition safety and clarity: it restricts certain ingredients (e.g., untreated honey) and nutrient levels, requires minimum nutrient contents for some cereal products, and mandates labelling and warnings for infant age suitability (see 2.9.2—3, 2.9.2—4, 2.9.2—7).\n\n- Costs, incentives and trade-offs to note:\n - Who pays: manufacturers bear reformulation, labelling redesign, testing, and record-keeping costs to meet numeric limits (iron, sodium, sugars, prebiotics) and to ensure permitted nutrient forms (cross-reference to S29—23) (2.9.2—3, 2.9.2—4, 2.9.2—5).\n - Behaviour changes: firms will likely reformulate to meet sodium/sugar/iron ceilings or add permitted nutrient forms to meet minimums for products promoted for certain ages; they also may change marketing to avoid age-related limits or claims (2.9.2—3, 2.9.2—4, 2.9.2—7, 2.9.2—9).\n - Compliance burden: technical cross-references (S29—23, S29—11, S12—6, Standard 1.2.1 and sections of 1.2.8) mean manufacturers and regulators must coordinate with multiple Code parts to confirm permitted nutrient forms and labelling formats—this increases administrative and legal complexity (see 2.9.2—4(3)(a),(b); 2.9.2—10; 2.9.2—11).\n - Concentrated benefits vs diffuse costs: specialised infant-food manufacturers get regulatory certainty on permissible ingredients and claims (concentrated benefit); small manufacturers and artisanal producers face per-unit cost increases for reformulation and testing (diffuse compliance costs).\n - Opportunity cost and product design: to meet sodium, sugar and iron rules, manufacturers may alter recipes (e.g., swap salt, reduce sweeteners, source different iron compounds), which can affect taste, shelf-life and production methods.\n - Implementation risk: enforcement depends on consistent interpretation of cross-referenced permitted forms and schedules (S29—23; RDI/ESADDI schedules); ambiguity or updates in those referenced parts create transitional uncertainty.\n - Potential substitution effects: firms may replace banned or restricted ingredients with permitted additives or processing steps (e.g., use permitted iron forms or non-sugar sweeteners where allowed), which can shift the nutritional profile in ways not intended by the rule.\n\n\n**Concrete legal hooks and where to look in the Standard**\n\n- Definitions and scope: 2.9.2—2. \n- General composition limits: 2.9.2—3. \n- Cereal-specific rules (age-promoted, >70% cereal): 2.9.2—4 and 2.9.2—5. \n- Non-cereal rules (fruit/vegetable juices and fruit-based foods): 2.9.2—6. \n- Labelling and age statements: 2.9.2—7 and 2.9.2—8 (specific nutrient-related labelling). \n- Prohibited representations and claims: 2.9.2—9 and 2.9.2—10. \n- Nutrition panel exemptions and format: 2.9.2—11 and reference to S12—6. \n- Dehydrated products and storage instructions: 2.9.2—12 and 2.9.2—13. \n- Transitional arrangements and recent amendments: Amendment history and transition note (13 Sept 2024–13 Sept 2029).\n\n\n**Short practical checklist for an affected business**\n\n- Verify whether your product is a \"food for infants\" as defined (2.9.2—2).\n- Check product composition against the numeric limits for iron, sodium, sugars and prebiotics in 2.9.2—3, and any age-specific minimums in 2.9.2—4/—5.\n- Confirm permitted chemical forms and maximums by cross-referencing section S29—23 and S29—11 where required (2.9.2—4(3), 2.9.2—10(5)).\n- Update labels to include required age and consistency statements, any warnings, \"sweetened\" or \"sterilised honey\" wording if triggered, and ensure no prohibited representations (2.9.2—7, 2.9.2—9).\n- For dehydrated/concentrated products, add reconstitution directions and present nutrition info per reconstituted food (2.9.2—12).\n- If transitioning between old and new formulations or labels, use the transitional allowance period details (Amendment history / transition note).\n\n\n**Selected implementation and regulatory risks to monitor**\n\n- Clarification and enforcement of \"promoted as suitable for infants from X months\" (affects whether a product falls into the 4-month or 6-month provisions) (2.9.2—4(1)(b), 2.9.2—5(1)(b)).\n- Cross-reference reliance: permitted nutrient forms and exact permitted levels are contained in other Code sections (S29—23, S29—11, S12—6), so any change to those sections changes what is permitted here (see 2.9.2—4(3) and 2.9.2—10(5)).\n- The transitional arrangements create a 5‑year window where both old and new-labelled products may be sold—this can complicate enforcement and consumer comparability.\n\n"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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It limits harmful ingredients, sets nutrient minima (eg, iron in cereals), requires safe textures to reduce choking, mandates age and warning statements and specific nutrition panel formats, and restricts marketing claims.\n\nIt affects manufacturers, importers, retailers and helps parents by ensuring safer, appropriately nutritious, clearly labelled baby foods."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants","history":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-9-2-food-for-infants/documents"}}