Guidance

Protein requirements for infant and follow-on formula

Draft technical amendment to EU Directive 2006/141/EC on protein requirements for infant and follow-on formula.

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Draft technical amendment to EU Directive 2006/141/EC

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A draft amendment to allow goats’ milk protein to be used in infant formula and to lower the minimum protein levels permitted in follow-on formula. This amendment will implement changes to EU Directive 2006/141/EC, which we expect to be published in the summer, after scrutiny by the European Parliament.

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Published 9 July 2013

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