Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 supplementing Regulation (EU) No. 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formula and as regards requirements on information relating to infant and young child feeding.
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Abstract
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.
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Entry into force notes
This Regulation shall apply from 22 February 2020, except in respect of infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates, to which it shall apply from 22 February 2021.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Journal of the European Union L 25, 2 February 2016, pp. 1-29.
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English
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in force
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