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Health Nutritional Supplements

Nutraceuticals shall provide a physiological benefit and help maintain good health. The quantity of nutrients added where applicable, shall not exceed the recommended daily allowance as specified by the Indian Council of Medical Research and in case such standards are not specified, the standard laid down by international food standards body, namely Codex Alimentarius Commission.

 

Health supplements may be used to supplement the normal diet of a person above the age of five years.  the health supplements shall contain concentrated source of one or more nutrients, namely, amino acids, enzymes, minerals, proteins, vitamins, other dietary substances, plants or botanicals, prebiotics, probiotics and substancesfrom animal origin or other similar substances with known and established nutritional or beneficial physiological effect, which are presented as such and are offered alone or in combination but are not drugs.

 

An article of food for special dietary use shall not include the normal food which is merely enriched or modified with nutrients and meant for mass consumption, intended for improvement of general health for day-to-day use and do not claim to be targeted to consumers with specific disease conditions and also not include the article of food intended to replace complete diet covered under food for special medical purpose.

 

Food for special medical purpose shall include food specially prepared for weight reduction and intended as total replacement of normal diet.

 

Nutraceuticals, Health supplements, Food for special use/purpose are analyzed for nutrition facts, Vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, energy that are all in allowed RDA level and allowed food additives if present.

 

Pre-mixes are tested for its Vitamins or minerals ingredients. “pre-mixes” means a combination of two or more ingredients specified in the Schedules in a specific proportion with or without additives, packed and meant for use in formulating a product.

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