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Regulating body
Units
Minimum Maximum
Australia/New Zealand
- F content > 17 μg/100 kJ (≈ 50 μg/100g)
“powdered/concentrated infant formula OR
- F content > 0.15 mg per 100 mL, ‘ready to
drink’ formula
China
-
-
-
Codex Standard 72- 1981
μg/100 kcal
(
RTF )
-
100
*
(≈ 65 μg/100g)
EU: 2006/141/EC (infant formula)
μg/100 kcal
(RTF)
-
100
(≈ 65 μg/100g)
EU: 609/2013/EC (medical foods)
-
-
-
**
USA, FDA CFR 21 Part 107
-
-
*
Codex states that fluoride must not be added to infant formula
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**
609/2013/EU permits NaF and KF to be added to medical foods
Country
Infant
formula, Avg
(mg/kg)
Infant formula,
Avg
RTF (
μ
g/100g)
Soya products
Range
(mg/kg)
Soya products
Range
RTF (
μ
g/100g)
Australia
1
0.49
6.1
1.08 - 2.80
13.5 – 35.0
Canada
2
0.23
2.9
Iran
3
1.73
21.6
Poland
4
0.29
3.6
Japan
5
0.41
5.1
15 - 104
USA
6
0.45
5.5
0.9 – 2.5
11.2 – 30
U.K
7
0.25
3
0.02 - 0.28
2.4 – 3.4
Cows milk: 0.7- 35
μ
g/100mL of F / Breast milk: 0.4 – 2 μg/100mL of F (various studies)
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References 1-7 are
listed in slide 16