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4. MANDATORY LABELLING OF PREPACKAGED FOODS FOR SPECIAL
DIETARY USES
The label of all prepackaged foods for special dietary uses shall bear the
information required by sub-sections 4.1 to 4.9 of this section as applicable to the food
being labelled, except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in specific Codex
Standards for Foods for Special Dietary Uses. (See Annex I).
4.1 The Name of the Food
4.1.1 The name of the food shall indicate the true nature of the food and normally be
specific and not generic.
4.1.1.1 Where a name or names have been established for a food in a Codex Standard,
at least one of these names shall be used.
4.1.1.2 In other cases, a common or usual name shall be used, if one exists.
4.1.1.3 Where no common or usual name exists, an appropriate descriptive name shall
be used.
4.1.1.4 A "coined" or "fanciful" name, however, may be used provided it is not misleading
and is accompanied by an appropriate descriptive term.
4.1.2 The designation "special dietary", "special dietetic" or an appropriate equivalent
term, may be used in conjunction with the name only where the product corresponds to
the definition of such foods in section 2.1
4.1.3 The characterizing essential feature but not the condition for which the food is
intended, shall be stated in appropriate descriptive terms in close proximity to the name
of the food.
4.2 List of Ingredients
4.2.1 A complete list of ingredients shall be declared on the label in descending order
of proportion by weight, except that in the case of dehydrated foods which are intended
to be reconstituted by the addition of water or milk, the ingredients may be listed in order
of proportion in the reconstituted product provided that the list of ingredients is headed
by a statement such as "Ingredients when reconstituted in accordance with the
directions on the label".
4.2.2 Where an ingredient of a food is itself the product of two or more ingredients, the
latter shall be declared in brackets, in descending order of proportion by weight (m/m),
following the name of the actual ingredient of which they form a part.
4.2.3 A specific name shall be used for ingredients in the list of ingredients except that
class titles for ingredients may be used in accordance with General Standard for the
Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (CAC/RS 1-1969).
4.3 Nutritional Labelling
4.3.1 The declaration of nutritional information on the label shall contain the following:
(a) The amount of energy per 100 grammes or 100 ml of the food as sold and
where appropriate per specified quantity of the food as suggested for
consumption, expressed in kilocalories (kJ) and kilojoules (kCal).
(b) The number of grammes of protein, carbohydrate and fat per 100 grammes
or 100 ml of the food as sold and where appropriate per specified quantity of the