This Regulation prescribes the conditions to be met by food for special dietary needs when placing on the market. Food for special dietary needs, is food that, due to the special composition or special manufacturing methods, is different from the usual diet food, which is suitable for its stated nutritional properties and is marketed in a way that the suitability is highlighted. Foods for special dietary needs must meet special dietary requirements for: a) persons with a disturbed digestion or metabolism; b) a person whose physiological condition requires a certain food ingredients with a controlled and targeted diet; c) healthy infants or small children. In terms of this Regulation, food for special dietary needs can be divided into the following categories: foods for infants and toddlers; processed cereal-based foods for infants and toddlers; gluten free; foods for people with disabilities in carbohydrate metabolism (diabetes); foods with low energy and reduced values for the reduction of body weight; food for athletes and people with increased physical activity; foods for special medical needs; other foods for special dietary needs. Full Annex is an integral part of this Regulation.
Croatia · 2010-03-30