La. Admin. Code tit. 49 § I-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-703 - Enrichment Standards; Label Declaration of Optional Ingredients [Formerly 49:2.511]

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell or offer for sale, for human consumption in this State, any flour as defined by Act No. 202 of 1942 unless:

1. It contains in each pound not less than 2.0 milligrams and not more than 2.5 milligrams of thiamine, not less than 1.2 milligrams and not more than 1.5 milligrams of riboflavin, not less than 16.0 milligrams and not more than 20.0 milligrams of niacin or niacinamide, not less than 13.0 milligrams and not more than 16.5 milligrams of iron (Fe);

2. Vitamin D may be added in such quantity that each pound of the finished enriched flour contains not less than 250 U.S.P. units and not more than 1,000 U.S.P. units of Vitamin D.

3. Calcium may be added in such quantity that each pound of the finished enriched flour contains not less than 500 milligrams and not more than 625 milligrams of calcium (Ca), except that enriched flour may be acidified with monocalcium phosphate irrespective of the minimum limit for calcium (Ca) herein prescribed;

4. It may contain not more than 5 percent by weight of wheat germ or partly defatted wheat germ;

5. Iron and calcium may be added only in forms which are harmless and assimilable. The substances referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation may be added in a harmless carrier which does not impair the enriched flour; such carrier is used only in the quantity necessary to effect an intimate and uniform admixture of such substances with the flour.

6. when any of the optional ingredients permitted by paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this regulation are added, the kind and amount shall be plainly stated on the label.

La. Admin. Code tit. 49, § I-703

Adopted by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, September 1968.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as amended.