Vitamins and minerals in the diet - recommendations for the youngest children

International panel of experts meets in Dresden under the chairmanship of BVL

03-Oct-2024

Up to 400 experts from 62 countries will be discussing food standards in Dresden from October 2 to 6, 2024. The occasion is the 44th meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses, CCNFSDU for short. For the first time, the meeting of the expert committee will be chaired by the Federal Office of consumer protection and Food Safety (BVL).

The agenda of the meeting is varied: for example, it is planned to set reference values for the daily intake of vitamins and minerals for infants and young children aged between 6 and 36 months. This should provide parents with important information for choosing suitable foods for their children. Food manufacturers can use the values as a guide for the composition of foods for this age group.

Proposals for new work by the committee will also be discussed, for example on the composition of non-animal alternatives to meat and dairy products. It is also proposed to update standards on complementary foods for infants and young children.

Federal Minister Cem Özdemir will open the meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, together with the Saxon State Minister for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion, Petra Köpping. It will be attended by representatives of state authorities, international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the EU, as well as non-governmental organizations. The BVL is chairing the meeting for the first time. President Friedel Cramer is delighted about the new task: "It is an honor and an obligation for the BVL to make a contribution to food safety worldwide by chairing the CCNFSDU. International standardization work is an important task for food risk managers around the world."

CCNFSDU is one of 15 committees of the Codex Alimentarius, the joint FAO and WHO program for international food safety. In the Codex Alimentarius, the member states of the FAO and WHO have been working closely together since 1963 to develop internationally recognized standards for food. The CCNFSDU has a special role to play: among other things, the committee develops standards for foods for particularly sensitive consumer groups such as infants and young children or patients with gluten intolerance, for example.

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