Publication: Global standard for the composition of infant formula: Recommendations of an ESPGHAN coordinated international expert group
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2005-11-01
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02772116
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Vol.41, No.5 (2005), 584-599
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Berthold Koletzko, Susan Baker, Geoff Cleghorn, Ulysses Fagundes Neto, Sarath Gopalan, Olle Hernell, Quak Seng Hock, Pipop Jirapinyo, Bo Lonnerdal, Paul Pencharz, Hildegard Pzyrembel, Jaime Ramirez-Mayans, Raanan Shamir, Dominique Turck, Yuichiro Yamashiro, Ding Zong-Yi Global standard for the composition of infant formula: Recommendations of an ESPGHAN coordinated international expert group. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Vol.41, No.5 (2005), 584-599. doi:10.1097/01.mpg.0000187817.38836.42 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16778
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Global standard for the composition of infant formula: Recommendations of an ESPGHAN coordinated international expert group
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Klinikum der Universitat Munchen
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
University of Queensland
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
Centre for Research on Nutrition Support Systems
Umea Universitet
National University of Singapore
Mahidol University
University of California, Davis
Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto
Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung
Instituto Nacional de Pediatria
Meyer Children's Hospital
University of Lille
Juntendo University
Beijing Children's Hospital
International Expert Group
CCNFSDU
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
University of Queensland
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
Centre for Research on Nutrition Support Systems
Umea Universitet
National University of Singapore
Mahidol University
University of California, Davis
Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto
Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung
Instituto Nacional de Pediatria
Meyer Children's Hospital
University of Lille
Juntendo University
Beijing Children's Hospital
International Expert Group
CCNFSDU
Abstract
The Codex Alimentarius Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) develops food standards, guidelines and related texts for protecting consumer health and ensuring fair trade practices globally. The major part of the world's population lives in more than 160 countries that are members of the Codex Alimentarius. The Codex Standard on Infant Formula was adopted in 1981 based on scientific knowledge available in the 1970s and is currently being revised. As part of this process, the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses asked the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition to initiate a consultation process with the international scientific community to provide a proposal on nutrient levels in infant formulae, based on scientific analysis and taking into account existing scientific reports on the subject. ESPGHAN accepted the request and, in collaboration with its sister societies in the Federation of International Societies on Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, invited highly qualified experts in the area of infant nutrition to form an International Expert Group (IEG) to review the issues raised. The group arrived at recommendations on the compositional requirements for a global infant formula standard which are reported here. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.