This Regulation sets out the requirements to be met by infant formula and follow-on formula to be placed on the market. It stipulates that no product other than infant formula may be marketed or otherwise represented as suitable for satisfying by itself the nutritional requirements of normal healthy infants during the first months of life until the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding. As regards residues of pesticides, infant formula and follow-on formula shall not contain residues at levels exceeding 0,01 mg/kg per active substance. Nutrition and health claims shall not be made on infant formula.
2015-09-25