SPIFAN SP Meeting September 17, 2016

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 ) μg/100 kcal (RTF)

100 * (≈ 65 μg/100g) 100 (≈ 65 μg/100g)

EU: 2006/141/EC (infant formula)

-

- **

EU: 609/2013/EC (medical foods)

-

-

USA, FDA CFR 21 Part 107

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-

* Codex states that fluoride must not be added to infant formula ** 609/2013/EU permits NaF and KF to be added to medical foods

September 2016

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References 1-7 are listed in slide 16

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 Canada 2

0.49 0.23 1.73 0.29 0.41 0.45 0.25

6.1 2.9

1.08 - 2.80

13.5 – 35.0

Iran 3

21.6

Poland 4 Japan 5

3.6 5.1 5.5

15 - 104 11.2 – 30

USA 6 U.K 7

0.9 – 2.5

3 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) September 2016 4 0.02 - 0.28