US EPA

4840877 

Journal Article 

LSRO report: Assessment of nutrient requirements for infant formulas 

Raiten, DJ; Talbot, JM; Waters, JH 

1998 

Yes 

Journal of Nutrition
ISSN: 0022-3166
EISSN: 1541-6100 

128 

11 

2059S-2293S 

English 

WOS:000076913300002 

http://://WOS:000076913300002
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BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. As mandated by the Infant Formula Act of 1980 (IFA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responsibility for ensuring the safety and nutritional quality of infant formulas. Regulations for infant formulas contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) include specifications for minimum levels of 29 nutrients and maximum levels of 9 nutrients (21 CFR 101.00). These nutrient specifications were last revised in 1985. In addition to the need to review the knowledge about those nutrients currently listed, new research has provided information on nutritional needs of infants not available in 1985. It was concluded as a result of this new information that there was a need: To evaluate evidence relative to the inclusion of several minerals not currently listed in CFR 107.100. In 1989, the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) published the 10th edition of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) that included revision of some of the 

fatty-acid composition; breast-fed infants; fed human-milk; birth-weight infants; full-term infants; alpha-linolenic acid; dietary chloride deficiency; respiratory-distress syndrome; intravenous vitamin-e; doubly labeled water