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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