In Russia, a new GOST has been approved for dry milk formulas for baby food from 2027
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- In Russia, a new GOST has been developed for powdered milk formulas for baby food from the first year of life, which will come into force on January 1, 2027 and will replace the 1998 standard.
- Formulas should be a fine powder from white to light cream in color, with a protein composition as close as possible to breast milk, and the packaging should contain a warning about the preference of breastfeeding without images of children.
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Why It Matters
The new GOST will replace the current standard from 1998 and establishes more stringent requirements for the composition and appearance of dry milk formulas for baby food.
Russia has developed a new GOST for dry milk formulas for baby food from the first year of life, which will come into force on January 1, 2027.
Dry formulas for baby food should be a fine powder of uniform color from white to light cream, and the composition of the proteins of the mixture should be as close as possible to the composition of the proteins of human milk.
The packaging of formulas must contain a warning about the preference of breastfeeding and images of children are not allowed.
MOSCOW, September 24 - RIA Novosti. The new GOST for dry milk formulas for baby food from the first year of life was developed in Russia; it will come into force on January 1, 2027 and will replace the standard from 1998, follows from Rosstandart documents, which RIA Novosti reviewed.
Dry formulas for baby food should be fine powder. A small number of lumps are allowed, crumbling under slight mechanical stress. The color of the product should be from white to light cream, uniform throughout the mixture.
The protein composition of the mixture should be as close as possible to the composition of human milk proteins. The total content of myristic and lauric fatty acids should not exceed 20% of the total fatty acids.
Open Questions
- Which organizations participated in the development of the new GOST?
- Will there be a transition period for manufacturers after the standard comes into force?
- How will protein and fatty acid requirements be controlled in practice?
