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Foods for specific groups

 

​​Food for specific groups are EU-regulated and have to comply with Regulation (609/2013) on Food for Specific Groups.
The regulation aims to protect specific vulnerable groups of consumers (infants and young children, people with specific medical conditions and people undertaking energy-restricted diets to lose weight) by regulating the content and marketing of food products specifically created for and marketed to them. It also aims to increase legal clarity for business and to facilitate correct application of the rules.
Under the Regulation there are four categories of ‘special’ foods:

  • Infant formula and follow-on formula
  • Processed cereal-based food and baby food
  • Food for special medical purposes
  • Total diet replacement for weight control

In Denmark, there is no national legislation for these products.

 
Notification 
Food for special medical purposes, infant formulae and certain follow-up formulae must be notified when placing the product on the market. This means that the company is required to send a copy of the label as well as the name and address of the company to the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA).
The notification has to be send via e-mail to notifikation@fvst.dk
The company will receive an automatic receipt. The receipt is not an approval of the product. It is the company’s responsibility that the product complies with the legislation.
The DVFA can make decisions concerning the product's label, marketing and composition based on inspection.​​
 
Legislation regarding food for specific groups. 

Regulation (609/2013) on Food for Specific Groups.

 

Infant formula and follow-on formula

Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2016/127 of 25 September 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula and follow-on formula and as regards requirements on information relating to infant and young child feeding
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Processed cereal-based food and baby food

Commission directive 2006/125/EC of 5 December 2006 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children

Executive Order no. 99 of 29 January 2020 on processed cereal-bases foods and baby foods for infants and young children

 

Food for special medical purposes

Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2016/128 of 25 September 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes   

Commission Notice on the classification of Food for Special Medical Purposes (2017/C 401/01)

 

Total diet replacement for weight control

Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2017/1798 of 2 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for total diet replacement for weight control

​Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2182 of 30 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1798 as regards the lipid and magnesium requirements for total diet replacement for weight control​

 
Last Modified 21. November 2022