Regulation 251

Infants’ food shall be any food described or sold as suitable for infants and shall include infant formula.

Infants’ food, other than infant formula formulated for infants from birth to 6 months of age, shall be food intended for feeding infants as a complementary food from over the age of 6 months, and shall be free from rancidity.

No label or advertisement for infants’ food, other than infant formula formulated for infants from birth to 6 months of age, shall state or imply that such food is suitable for infants of or below 6 months of age.

Infants’ food shall not contain added mono-sodium salt of L-glutamic acid; and neither nitrates nor nitrites, other than those present naturally in foods, shall be used in any preparation of infants’ food.

Infants’ food shall not contain any chemical preservative.

Infants’ food shall be date-marked in accordance with regulation 10.