1.6 Food for specific groups Flashcards
Which groups of individuals have specific nutritional needs?
Infants and young children, people with specific medical conditions such as those with gluten intolerance or wanting weight reduction
What is food for specific groups?
These are foods which, owing to their special composition or manufacturing process , are clearly distinguishable from foodstuffs for normal consumption, which are suitable for their claimed nutritional purposes and which are marketed in such a way as to indicate such suitability
What nutritional requirements should food for specific groups fulfil?
Certain categories of persons whose digestive processes or metabolism are disturbed, or
Certain categories of persons who are in a special physiological condition and who are therefore able to obtain special benefit from the consumption of substances in the particular foodstuffs
What is regulation of food content?
Binding legal force throughout every Member State in the EU and enter into force on a set date in all the Member States
What are the aims of the regulatory framework for FSGs?
- Strengthens provisions on foods for vulnerable population groups to ensure their protection
- Defines FSMPs and differentiates them within the legal framework,acknowledging that they are foods with specific roles in the dietary management of vulnerable patients
- Provides a legal framework for FSMPs to ensure optimal levels of protection and information for patients and for healthcare professionals recommending them
What is overall regulation?
Regulation on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control
What is specific regulation?
Infant formula and follow-on formula
Processed cereal-based food and baby food
Food for special medical purposes
Total diet replacement for weight control
What are the different types of formula milk?
Infant formula, follow-on formula, infant milk for special medical purposes, infant formula and follow on formula made from protein hydrosylates for babies with IgE or non-IgE mediated cow’s milk protein allergy
What are the different types of formula milk?
Infant formula, follow-on formula, infant milk for special medical purposes, infant formula and follow on formula made from protein hydrosylates for babies with IgE or non-IgE mediated cow’s milk protein allergy
What are the aims of the regulations on formula milk?
The essential composition of infant formula and follow-on formula satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants in good health
The labelling allows the proper use of such products and promotes and protects breastfeeding
The rules on composition, labelling and advertising are in line with the principles and aims of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk substitutes
Information provided to carers about infant feeding does not counter the promotion of breastfeeding
What are the regulations regarding baby food?
- Ensure product marketing is consistent with scientific advice to introduce solid foods at around 6 months of age
- Ensure honest labelling so that product names are not misleading and are aligned with the primary ingredients
- Restrict use of nutrition and implied health claims
- Ensure that clear feeding instructions (use a spoon/do not suck) are present on the front of pack of products packaged in pouches with a nozzle due to concerns about dental development
- Ensure that products high in sugars are labelled as not being suitable for eating between meals
- Improve the nutrient composition of commercial baby foods and drinks, reducing sugar in these products, particularly snacks and drinks
What are the foods for special medical purposes?
Food that is specially processed or formulated for the intended exclusive or partial feeding of patients with medically-determined nutrient requirements, whose dietary management cannot be achieved by modification of the normal diet alone
What are the 3 product categories for food for special medical purposes?
- Nutritionally complete food with standard nutrient formulation
- Nutritionally complete food with nutrient-adapted formulation
- Nutritionally incomplete food
What must FSMPs do?
- Comply with general food information labelling requirements andmandatory requirements specific to FSMPs
- Mandatorily provide information on properties and characteristics; nutrition and health claims are not permitted
- Nutrition declaration must provide more particulars than general food to ensure appropriate use
What is the regulation for total diet replacement for weight control?
- Sets general compositional and labelling rules for total diet replacement products for weight control.
- Requires the Commission to adopt specific compositional and labelling rules for total diet replacement products for weight control.
- Establishes that the use of statements on meal replacement products [between 840 kJ (200 kcal) and 1 680 kJ (400 kcal)] should be regulated
