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necessary for the Committee to commence work on the PAG Guidelines and reiterated
its recommendation to the Commission to approve the revised terms of reference at its
next session.
56. Professor Rey, France, will act as coordinator for the preparations for the session
of the Working Group. It was agreed that the Secretariat should invite member countries
to the meeting of the Working Group which would be convened in conjunction with the
next session of this Committee and that membership of the ad hoc Working Group was
open to all members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission who wished to participate in
the work of that group.
Report on the Second Session of an ad hoc Working Group on Foods for Use in a Diet
for Diabetics
57. The ad hoc Working Group on Foods for Use in a Diet for Diabetics had held its
second meeting on 25 and 26 September 1980 in Bad Godesberg to consider in the light
of government comments the "Draft Guidelines of Foods Specially Modified for
Incorporation in a Prescribed Dietary Regimen for Certain Diabetics" (CX/FSDU 80/5),
which had been prepared by the delegation of Australia. The comments had been
contained in Addenda 1 and 2 to the above document.
58. The Session had been attended by twenty six representatives from seven
countries and two international organizations. The detailed Report of the Session of the
Working Group is contained in Appendix III to this Report.
59. The Chairman of the Working Group, Dr. W. Hölzel, introduced the report and
pointed out that the Group had confirmed its view that diabetics could satisfy their
nutritional requirements by proper selection of ordinary foods. However, the products
under discussion provided the possibility for a more diversified diet.
60. The Working Group had agreed with the delegate from Australia that in view of
the comments on the scope, purpose and format of the proposed text, it was more
appropriate to elaborate a standard for the labelling of and claims for foods for use in a
diet for diabetics which would be complementary to the general standard on labelling
and claims elaborated by this Committee. The Working Group had therefore proceeded
to consider the proposed draft for such a standard submitted by the United Kingdom in
their written comments (CX/FSDU 80/5 Addendum 1) and to use the Australian paper as
a background document.
Consideration of a First Draft of a Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for
Prepackaged Foods claimed to be suitable for incorporation in a Prescribed Dietary
Regimen for Diabetics
61. The Working Group had considered the above draft in detail (see paras 4-21 of
Appendix III). Agreement had been reached on all provisions of the draft standard with
the exception of two provisions included in section 4 on claims. These two provisions
dealt with the carbohydrate content (section 4.3(f)) in general and with a more detailed
description of requirements for modification of certain carbohydrates (section 4.1). These
sections had been placed in square brackets.
62. The Working Group had recommended that this Committee should consider the
further development of the above standard taking into account the deliberations of the
Working Group.
63. The Chairman of the Committee thanked the Working Group for its valuable work
and suggested that the Committee might place the above proposed draft standard at