Medical Foods Policy and Regulatory Developments Global Policy
and Regulatory Medical Foods Developments - Codex Alimentarius
was created by FAO and WHO in 1963 to develop food standards and
guidelines, as well as related texts such as codes of practice
under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The Codex
Alimentarius Commission aims to protect consumer health, ensure
fair trade practices, and promote coordination of all food
standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-
governmental organizations. - The Codex Committee on Foods for
Special Dietary Uses agreed to develop guidelines on labeling
and claims for medical foods in 1980 and accepted the offer of
the United States to prepare a set of proposed draft guidelines
for consideration at the next session in 1982. Report of the
Twelfth Session of Codex Committee on Foods for Special Dietary
Uses, ALINORM 81/26. - The draft guidelines on labeling and
claims for medical foods prepared by the United States were
discussed at the 1982 meet