CODEX STAN 146-1985 General Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Prepackaged Foods for Special Dietary Uses
1. SCOPE
This standard applies to the labelling of all prepackaged foods for special dietary uses as defined in Section 2.1 to be offered as such to the consumer or for catering purposes and to certain aspects relating to the presentation thereof; and to claims made for such foods.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Foods for Special Dietary Uses are those foods which are specially processed or formulated to satisfy particular dietary requirements which exist because of a particular physical or physiological condition and/or specific diseases and disorders and which are presented as such.1 The composition of these foodstuffs mustdiffer significantly from the composition of ordinary foods of comparable nature, if such ordinary foods exist.
2.2 The definitions laid down in the Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods apply.
