1Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 29 – Special purpose foods

Schedule 29 Special purpose foods

Note 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.

Special purpose foods are regulated by Part 9 of Chapter 2, which contains Standard 2.9.1, Standard 2.9.2, Standard 2.9.3, Standard 2.9.4, Standard 2.9.5 and Standard 2.9.6. This Standard prescribes information for these standards.

Note 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.

S29—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 29 – Special purpose foods.

Note Commencement:
This 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.

S29—2 Infant formula products—calculation of energy content

(1) For paragraph 2.9.1—4(2)(a), the energy content of infant formula product must be calculated using:

(a) the energy contributions of the following *components only:

(i) fat; and

(ii) protein; and

(iii) carbohydrate; and

(b) the relevant energy factors set out in section S11—2.

(2) The energy content of an infant formula product must be expressed in kilojoules.

S29—2A Infant formula products—calculation of protein content

For paragraph 2.9.1—4(2)(b), the protein content of infant formula product must be calculated by multiplying the nitrogen content of the product by a nitrogen‑to‑protein conversion factor of 6.25.

S29—2B Infant formula products—calculation of vitamin A content

For paragraph 2.9.1—4(2)(c), the vitamin A content of infant formula products must be calculated using only the retinol forms of vitamin A prescribed in Column 1 of Table S29—23.

S29—3 Infant formula products—L-amino acids that must be present

For subsection 2.9.1—6(5) and section 2.9.1—33, the table is:

L-amino acids that must be present in infant formula products