Ordinance on dietary foods for special medical purposes. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2000 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 416, 29 December 2000, pp. 2497-2501. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Special dietary uses Packaging/labelling Standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract An Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Social Security and Future Generations to introduce into Austrian legislation the Commission Directive 1999/2/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary food for special medical purpose. Article 3 establishes that the formulation of dietary foods for special medical purposes shall be based on sound medical and nutritional principles. Their use, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, shall be safe and beneficial and effective in meeting the particular nutritional requirement of the persons for whom they are intended, as demonstrated by generally accepted scientific data. The labelling shall bear 1) the available energy value and the content of protein, carbohydrate and fat; 2) the average quantity of each mineral substance and each vitamin mentioned in the Annex present in the product; 3) selectively the content of components of protein carbohydrate and fat and/or of other nutrients and their componens; 4) information on the osmolality; 5) information on the origin and the nature of the protein and/or protein hydrolysates contained in the product. The Annex indicates the essential composition of foods for special medical purposes and such foods must comply with the criteria of the Annex. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes. Legislation | European Union | 1999 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Special dietary uses Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ordinance amending the Ordinance on dietary foods for special medical purposes. Legislation | Austria | 2008 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX