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Appendix H - Proposed Revised SCHEDULE K

REASONABLE DAILY INTAKE FOR VARIOUS FOODS
Name and Description Current Reasonable Daily Intake (RDI) Reference Amount Proposed New Reasonable Daily Intake
Beverage bases for addition to milk 454 mL - amount required to make 500 mL ready-
to-serve
Bread 150 g 50 g 150 g
Butter 57 g 10 g 50 g
Buttermilk 852 ml 250 mL 750 mL
Cereals, infant 28 g - 30 g
Cheese (other than cottage cheese) 57 g 30 g 60 g
Condensed milk 426 mL 15 mL 60 mL
Cream, whipping 57 g 15 mL 60 mL
Evaporated milks 426 mL (853 mL reconstituted) 15 mL 375 mL (750 mL reconstituted)
Flours including corn meal - 30 g 100 g
Fruit juices: lemon or lime 28 mL 5 mL 25 mL
Infant formulas, Prepared (ready-to-
serve)
(as directed by label)   (as directed by label)
Grains such as rice or barley - 45 g dry 90 g dry
Margarine 57 g 10 g 50 g
Mayonnaise - 15 mL 30 mL
Meat product extenders 100 g - 100 g *
Name and Description Current Reasonable Daily Intake (RDI) Reference Amount Proposed New Reasonable Daily Intake
Milk (flavoured) 852 mL 250 mL 750 mL
Milk powder 852 mL (reconstituted) 250 mL (reconstituted) 750 mL (reconstituted)
Milks 852 mL 250 mL 750 mL
Peanut butter 28 g 15 g 30 g
Poultry product extenders 100 g - 100 g *
Simulated meat products 100 g 100 g 100 g *
Simulated poultry products 100 g 100 g 100 g *
Skim and partly skimmed milk 852 mL 250 mL 750 mL
Skim and partly skimmed milk, flavoured 853 mL 250 mL 750 mL
Sterilized milk 852.0 mL 250 mL 750 mL
Vegetable juices 114 mL 250 mL 500 mL
Vegetable oil - 10 mL 60 mL
Yeast 14.0 g - 14.0 g

* Retained because of Regulations in Division 14 & Division 22

Last Updated: 2005-07-27 Top