1Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.9.2 – Food for infants

Standard 2.9.2 Food for infants

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.

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.

2.9.2—1 Name

This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Standard 2.9.2 – Food for infants.

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.

2.9.2—2 Definitions

Note In this Code (see section 1.1.2—3):

cereal-based food for infants means a food for infants, not including a beverage, that is based on cereal.

food for infants:

(a) means a food that is intended or represented for use as a source of nourishment for infants; and

(b) does not include:

(i) infant formula products; or
(ii) formulated meal replacements; or
(iii) formulated supplementary foods; or
(iv) unprocessed fruit and vegetables.

fruit-based food means food that is based on fruit.

2.9.2—3 Food for infants—general compositional requirements

(1) Food for infants must not contain:

(a) for a cereal-based food for infants—more than 50 mg/100 g of total iron on a moisture free basis; or

(b) the following types of food unless the food has been treated to inactivate Clostridium botulinum spores:

(i) honey;
(ii) native bee honey; 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.