State Institute for Drug Control

This involves foodstuffs which are intended for nutrition use stipulated by this Decree and which are marketed with a specified purpose of use (Section 1, paragraph 2 of the Decree). Section 2 of the Decree defines categories of foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses:

1. Infant formulae and follow-on formulae and foodstuffs for young children  
2. Foodstuffs for cereal nutrition and other than cereal nutrition foodstuffs for infants and young children
3. Low-energy foodstuffs intended for body weight loss (so called foodstuffs for weight-reduction diets)
4. Foods for special medical purposes
5. Phenylalanine-free foodstuffs  
6. Gluten-free foodstuffs
7. Foodstuffs intended for persons with saccharide-metabolism disorders (diabetic patients)
8. Foodstuffs with low content of lactose or lactose-free foodstuffs
9. Low-protein foodstuffs
10. Foodstuffs with low and very low content of sodium or sodium-free foodstuffs
11. Foodstuffs intended for sportsmen and persons with increased physical activity