CODEX STAN 180-1991 Standard for Labelling of and Claims for Foods for Special Medical Purposes
1. SCOPE
This standard applies to the labelling of and claims for foods for special medical purposes as defined in Section 2 below, and presented as such.
2. DESCRIPTION
Foods for special medical purposes are a category of foods for special dietary uses which are specially processed or formulated and presented for the dietary management of patients and may be used only under medical supervision. They are intended for the exclusive or partial feeding of patients with limited or impaired capacity to take, digest, absorb or metabolize ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients contained therein, or who have other special medically-determined nutrient requirements, whose dietary management cannot be achieved only by modification of the normal diet, by other foods for special dietary uses, or by a combination of the two.
