CODEX STAN 72-1981 Standard for Infant Formula and Formulas for Special Medical Purposes Intended for Infants
SECTION A: REVISED STANDARD FOR INFANT FORMULA
PREAMBLE
This standard is divided into two sections. Section A refers to Infant Formula, and Section B deals with Formulas for Special Medical Purposes Intended for Infants.
1. SCOPE
1.1 This section of the Standard applies to infant formula in liquid or powdered form intended for use, where necessary, as a substitute for human milk in meeting the normal nutritional requirements of infants.
1.2 This section of the Standard contains compositional, quality and safety requirements for Infant Formula.
1.3 Only products that comply with the criteria laid down in the provisions of this section of this Standard would be accepted for marketing as infant formula. 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.
1.4 The application of this section of the Standard should take into account the recommendations made in the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (1981), the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding and World Health Assembly resolution WHA54.2 (2001).
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Product Definition
2.1.1 Infant formula means a breast-milk substitute specially manufactured to satisfy, by itself, the nutritional requirements of infants during the first months of life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding.
2.1.2 The product is so processed by physical means only and so packaged as to prevent spoilage and contamination under all normal conditions of handling, storage and distribution in the country where the product is sold.
2.2 Other Definitions
The term infant means a person not more than 12 months of age.
