National Food Safety Standard Infant Formula

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1 Translated English of Chinese Standard: GB NATIONAL STANDARD GB OF THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GB National Food Safety Standard Infant Formula 食品安全国家标准婴儿配方食品 Issued on: March 26, 2010 Implemented on: April 1, 2010 Issued by: Ministry of Health of the People s Republic of China Page 1 of 15

2 Table of Contents 1 Scope Normative references Terms and Definitions Technical requirements Others... 9 Annex A Annex B Page 2 of 15

3 National Food Safety Standard Infant Formula 1 Scope This Standard is applicable to infant formula. 2 Normative references Documents referenced in this Standard are indispensable for application of this Standard. For dated references, only the dated edition is applicable to this Standard. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) is applicable to this Standard. 3 Terms and Definitions 3.1 Infants Babies at the age of 0-12 months. 3.2 Infant formula Milk-based infant formula: It refers to the liquid or powdered products that are made mainly from milk and milk protein products, with addition of adequate amount of vitamins, mineral substances and/or other ingredients, and produced and processed by physical methods only, suitable for normal infants. Their energy and nutrition ingredients can meet normal nutritional requirements of infants 0-6 months Soybean-based infant formula: It refers to the liquid or powdered products that are made mainly from soybean and soybean protein products, with addition of adequate amount of vitamins, mineral substances and/or other ingredients, and produced and processed by physical methods only, suitable for normal infants. Its energy and nutrition ingredients can meet normal nutritional requirements of infants 0-6 months. 4 Technical requirements 4.1 Requirements for raw materials Raw materials used in the products shall conform to appropriate safety standards and/or related regulations. It shall ensure the safety of infants and satisfy nutritional requirements. And it shall not contain substances harmful to nutrition and health of infants. Raw materials and food additives used shall not contain glutelin. Hydrogenated oil and fat shall not be used. Radiation-treated raw materials shall not be used. 4.2 Sensory requirements: It shall comply with the provisions in Table 1. Page 3 of 15

4 5 Others 5.1 Label Product labels shall be in accordance with the provisions of GB The content per 100 kj shall be additionally labelled for content labelling of nutrients and optional ingredients Labels shall clearly indicate category, attribute (e.g. milk-based and/or soybean-based products and product status) and applicable age of the products. Formula for infants at the age more than 6 months shall be labelled with Complementary food shall be added for infants older than 6 months Infant formula shall be labelled with The ideal food for babies at the age of 0 6 months is breast milk. This product can be used in case of lack or loss of breast milk Labels must not have the images of infants and women. It must not use Humanized or approximate terminology. 5.2 Instructions for use Use and preparation guidance, illustrations and storage conditions of products shall be clearly stated on the labels. Illustrations may not be marked when the maximum surface area of packages is less than 100 cm 2 or the product weight is less than 100 g Guidance shall give warning explanation on health hazards caused by improper preparation and use. 5.3 Package Carbon dioxide and (or) nitrogen at food grade or those whose purity is not less than 99.9% may be taken as a packaging medium. Page 9 of 15

5 B.6 L-Lysine B.6.1 Name and source Name: L-histidine α-amino-β imidazolyl propionic acid Source: non-animal derived raw-material Food-grade B.6.2 Chemical structure, molecular formula and molecular weight Chemical structure: Molecular formula: C6H9N3O2 Molecular weight: B.6.3 B.6.4 Physiochemical properties: White crystal free-flowing or crystalline powder Physiochemical indexes: It shall comply with the provisions in Table B.6. Table B.6 Physical and chemical indexes of L-histidine Item Index Specific rotation [α] / (D 20 ) Content (based on dry substances) / (%) 98.5 Moisture / (%) 0.2 ph value Ash content / (%) 0.2 Lead (based on Pb) / (mg/kg) 0.3 Arsenic (based on As) / (mg/kg) 0.2 END Page 15 of 15