44th Session Of The Codex Committee On Nutrition And Foods For Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU):
India participated in the 44th session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) in Germany, contributing significantly to global food safety and nutrition standards.
- CCNFSDU is a unit of the Codex Alimentarius Commission(CAC), responsible for developing global standards for special dietary foods such as infant formulas, dietary supplements, and medical foods.
- The CAC, established in 1963 by the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) and World Health Organization(WHO), sets international food standards to protect consumer health and ensure fair trade practices, with input from its 189 Codex Members(including India).
- India at 44th Session of CCNFSDU: India stressed the need to update outdated FAO/WHO probiotic guidelines from 2001 and 2002, highlighting that the current guidelines are two decades old.
- The country called for harmonized regulations to enhance global trade.
- India suggested that the combined Nutrient Reference Value-Requirement (NRV-R) for children aged 6 to 36 months should be calculated by taking the mean of two age groups(6–12 months and 12–36 months), and it was accepted by the CCNFSDU.
- NRVs-R are recommendations for nutritional intake based on current scientific data, established for target groups or populations.
