SCHEDULE 5MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR VITAMINS, MINERALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS, IF ADDED, IN PROCESSED CEREAL-BASED FOODS AND BABY FOODS

Regulation 6(2) and (3)

PART IGeneral

Column 1

Column 2

Nutrient

Maximum limit per 100 kcal3

Vitamin E

3 mg a-TE

Riboflavin

0.4 mg

Niacin

4.5 mg NE

Vitamin B6

0.35 mg

Folic acid

50 μg

Vitamin B12

0.35 μg

Pantothenic acid

1.5 mg

Biotin

10 μg

Potassium

160 mg (of the food as sold)

Magnesium

40 mg

Iron

3 mg

Zinc

2 mg

Copper

40 μg

Iodine

35 μg

Manganese

0.6 mg

 

3Unless otherwise stated in column 2 of Part I or column 3 of Part II, the maximum limits specified in those columns apply to food ready for use, whether marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer.

PART IISpecified foods

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Food

Nutrient

Maximum limit per 100 kcal4

1

Vegetable juices which are baby foods

Vitamin A

180 μg RE5

2

Food fortified with iron

Vitamin C

25 mg

3

Fruit-based dishes, fruit juices, nectars or vegetable juices

Vitamin C

125 mg

4

Food other than that within entry number 2 or 3 above

Vitamin C

12.5 mg

5

Processed cereal-based food

Thiamin

0.5 mg

6

Baby food

Thiamin

0.25 mg

7

Food within paragraph 1 or 2 of Part I of Schedule 1

Calcium

180 mg (of the food as sold)

8

Food within paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 1

Calcium

100 mg (of the food as sold)

9

Food other than that within entry number 7 or 8 above

Calcium

80 mg (of the food as sold)

 

4Unless otherwise stated in column 2 of Part I or column 3 of Part II, the maximum limits specified in those columns apply to food ready for use, whether marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer.

5RE = all trans retinol equivalents.