| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/3207 |
| Year | 2003 |
These Regulations may be cited as the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003; they apply in relation to England only and come into force on 6th March 2005.(1) In these Regulations—(2) Other expressions used in these Regulations and in the Directive have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Directive.(3) Where any Schedule contains any note, the provisions of that Schedule shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with such note.These Regulations shall not apply to any baby food which is a milk intended for young children.it complies with the requirements of regulations 5 to 7 as to manufacture and composition; andit is labelled in accordance with regulation 8.(1) No processed cereal-based food or baby food shall be manufactured from any ingredient other than those whose suitability for particular nutritional use by infants and young children has been established by generally accepted scientific data.(2) No processed cereal-based food or baby food shall contain any substance in such quantity as to endanger the health of infants or young children.(3) The composition of a processed cereal-based food shall comply with the criteria specified in Part II of Schedule 1 as read with Schedule 2.(4) The composition of a baby food shall comply with the criteria specified in Schedule 3.(1) In the manufacture of any processed cereal-based food or baby food, no nutritional substance shall be added other than a nutritional substance specified in Schedule 4.(2) No processed cereal-based food or baby food shall contain any added nutrient specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 5 in an amount exceeding the maximum limit specified opposite that nutrient in column 2 of that Part.(3) No processed cereal-based food or baby food specified in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 5 shall contain any added nutrient specified opposite that food in column 2 of that Part in an amount exceeding the maximum limit specified opposite that food in column 3 of that Part.any pesticide residue of a pesticide specified in Schedule 6; orany omethoate, where it is a metabolite of a pesticide not specified in Schedule 6, or any product resulting from degradation or reaction of that metabolite,(2) No processed cereal-based food or baby food shall contain any pesticide residue of a pesticide specified in column 1 of Schedule 7 at a level exceeding that specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that pesticide.(3) No processed cereal-based food or baby food shall contain any pesticide residue of any individual pesticide which is not specified in Schedule 6 or column 1 of Schedule 7 at a level exceeding 0.01 mg/kg.manufactured as ready for consumption, orif it is not so manufactured, as reconstituted according to its manufacturer’s instructions.(5) Analytical methods for determining levels of pesticide residues for the purposes of this regulation shall be generally acceptable standardised methods.a statement as to the appropriate age (which shall be not less than four months) from which the food may be used,
