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guidelines and to evaluate the comments received from the Netherlands, Norway,
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, WHO and the International Diabetes
Federation.
The ad hoc Working Group met in Bonn-Bad Godesberg from 25 to 26
September 1980 under the Chairmanship of Dr. W. Holzel, Regierungsdirektor, Ministry
for Youth, Family and Health of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the following countries and
international organizations:
Australia Switzerland ISDI
Germany, Fed. Rep. of United Kingdom FAO
Netherlands
United states
Sweden
The List of Participants is contained in Annex I.
CONSIDERATION OF FIRST DRAFT OF PROPOSED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR
FOODS SPECIALLY MODIFIED FOR INCORPORATION IN A PRESCRIBED DIETARY
REGIMEN FOR CERTAIN DIABETICS
1. The Working Group had before it the above guidelines as contained in CX/FSDU
80/5 and comments thereon in CX/FSDU 80/5, Addenda 1 and 2. The Working Group
expressed its thanks to the delegation of Australia for the excellent paper which had
succeeded in covering all important points discussed at the previous session of the
group.
2. The Working Group agreed with the delegate from Australia that (a) the
regulations should deal with labelling aspects and claims only; (b) many of the provisions
applicable to the foods for use for diabetics were contained in the General Standard for
the Labelling of and Claims for Foods for Special Dietary Uses; (c) any additional
provisions excluding compositional requirements for these products should be presented
in the form of a standard.
3. The Working Group therefore agreed with a proposal to continue the discussion
on an appropriate proposed draft standard submitted by the United Kingdom and to use
the Australian paper as a background document.
CONSIDERATION OF A FIRST DRAFT OF A PROPOSED DRAFT STANDARD FOR
THE LABELLING OF AND CLAIMS FOR PREPACKAGED FOODS CLAIMED TO BE
SUITABLE FOR INCORPORATION IN A PRESCRIBED DIETARY REGIMEN FOR
CERTAIN DIABETICS (Pages 10-13 of CX/FSDU 80/5, Add. 1)
4. The Working Group agreed that: it was possible to meet the nutritive needs of
diabetics by proper selection from ordinary foods.
5. It was further agreed that ordinary foods not suitable for diabetics might become
suitable after appropriate modification. In this case they were special dietary foods
covered by the General Labelling Standard for these foods. However, it was recognized
that additional provisions were necessary to ensure proper consumer information and to
provide for specific provisions on claims.
6. The Working Group than proceeded to discuss the draft proposal in detail. The
amended text is contained in Annex II.