GSFA Online Food Category 13.1.3

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Updated up to the 42^nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2019)

Food Category Details

Formulae for special medical purposes for infants (13.1.3)

Description:
Foods for special dietary use that are specially processed or formulated and presented for the dietary management of infants and may be used only under medical supervision. They are intended for the exclusive or partial feeding of infants with limited or impaired capacity to take, digest, absorb or metabolize ordinary infant formulae or certain nutrients contained therein, or who have other special medically-determined nutrient requirement, whose dietary management cannot be achieved only by modification of the normal diet, by other foods for special dietary uses, or by a combination of the two.¹

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 13.1.3

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	10 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 187	13.1.3
1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 150 Note 292 Note 72	13.1.3
526	Calcium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
290	Carbon dioxide	GMP	Note 59	13.1.3
410	Carob bean gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.3
407	Carrageenan	1,000 mg/kg	Note 379 Note 381	13.1.3
330	Citric acid	GMP	Note 72	13.1.3
472c	Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	9,000 mg/kg	Note 380 Note 381	13.1
1412	Distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 150 Note 292 Note 72	13.1.3
412	Guar gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 14	13.1.3
1440	Hydroxypropyl starch	5,000 mg/kg	Note 150 Note 292 Note 72	13.1.3
270	Lactic acid, L-, D- and DL-	GMP	Note 83 Note 72	13.1.3
322(i)	Lecithin	5,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.3
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	4,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.3
941	Nitrogen	GMP	Note 59	13.1.3
1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 150 Note 292 Note 72	13.1.3
501(i)	Potassium carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
332(i)	Potassium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
501(ii)	Potassium hydrogen carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
525	Potassium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
524	Sodium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
1450	Starch sodium octenyl succinate	20,000 mg/kg	Note 376 Note 381	13.1.3
	TOCOPHEROLS	10 mg/kg	Note 416 Note 72	13.1.3
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	GMP	Note 55 Note 72	13.1.3

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.

Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Foods for Special Medical Purposes (CODEX STAN 180-1991).

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