Standards for Foods for Special Dietary Uses which have been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission are located in Volume 4 of the Codex Alimentarius, Foods for Special Dietary Uses.

The next meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (Session 30) will be in South Africa (place to be determined) from November 3-7, 2008.

The Committee will continue work on:

• Guidelines for Use of Nutrition Claims: Draft Table of Conditions for Nutrient Contents (Part B Containing Provisions on Dietary Fibre)
• Draft Advisory Lists of Nutrient Compounds for Use in Foods for Special Dietary Uses Intended for Infants and Young Children: Part D Advisory List of Food Additives for Special Nutrient Forms: Provisions on gum arabic (gum acacia)
• Proposed Draft Recommendations on the Scientific Basis of Health Claims
• Proposal for New Work to Amend the Codex General Principles for the Addition of Essential Nutrients to Foods (CAC/GL 09-1987)
• Proposal for New Work to Establish a Standard for Processed Cereal-Based Foods for Underweight Infants and Young Children

New Work:

• Additional or Revised Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) for Labelling Purposes; Project document is available in Appendix VII of ALINORM 08/31/26

DELEGATES

U.S. Delegate
Barbara O. Schneeman, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA (HFS 800)
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 436-2373
Fax: (301) 436-2636
Barbara.Schneeman@fda.hhs.gov

Alternate Delegate
Allison Yates, Ph.D.
Director
Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
10300 Baltimore Ave.
Bldg. 307C, Room 117
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 504-8157
Fax: (301) 504-9381
Email: Allison.Yates@ars.usda.gov