S.L. 449.51 Art. 6Manufacture of processed cereal- based foods and baby foods for infants and young children.

(1) Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods shall be manufactured from ingredients whose suitability for particular nutritional use by infants and young children has been established by generally accepted scientific data.

(2) Only the nutritional substances listed in the Fourth Schedule may be added in the manufacture of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods.

(3) Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods shall not contain any substance in such quantity as to endanger the health of infants and young children.

(4) Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods shall not contain residues of individual pesticides at levels exceeding 0,01 mg/kg, except for those substances for which specific levels have been set in the Sixth Schedule, in which case these specific levels shall apply. Analytical methods for determining the levels of pesticide residues shall be generally acceptable standardised methods.

(5) The pesticides listed in the Seventh Schedule shall not be used in agricultural products intended for the production of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods. However, for the purpose of control:

(a) pesticides listed in Table I of the Seventh Schedule are considered not to have been used if their residues do not exceed a level of 0,003 mg/kg. This level, which is considered to be the limit of quantification of the analytical methods, shall be kept under regular review in the light of technical progress;

(b) pesticides listed in Table II of the Seventh Schedule are considered not to have been used if their residues do not exceed a level of 0,003 mg/kg. This level shall be kept under regular review in the light of data on environmental contamination.

(6) The levels referred to in sub-regulations (4) and (5) shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers.