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Foods for particular nutritional uses, medical foods and infant formula: Guidance notes and notification forms

Wednesday 22 October 2003

A food for a particular nutritional use is one which owing to its special composition or process of manufacture, is clearly distinguishable from food intended for normal consumption and is sold in such a way as to indicate its suitability for its claimed particular nutritional purpose.

A particular nutritional use means the fulfilment of the particular nutritional requirements of

The Regulations effectively require that those foods for particular nutritional uses, which are neither covered, nor to be covered, by Directives on specific types of foods for particular nutritional uses be notified to the Food Standards Agency upon first marketing.

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Download pdf  (pdf 168KB) Guidance notes on the Notification of Marketing of Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses, Medical foods and Infant Formula Read the guidance note

Download pdf  (pdf 74KB) Notification of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses Print out and return the notification form

Download pdf  (pdf 43KB) Notification of Food for Particular Nutritional Uses Download and fill in the notification form

Download word  (Word 76KB) Notification of Infant Formula Print out and return the notification form

Download pdf  (pdf 57KB) Notification of Infant Formula Download and fill in the notification form

Download word  (Word 67KB) Notification of Medical Foods Print out and return the notification form

Download pdf  (pdf 59KB) Notification of Medical Foods Download and fill in the notification form

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