European Communities (Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 579 of 2006).

These Regulations continue to give effect to Council Directive 89/398/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses as amended and to Commission Directive 2001/15/EC on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses. They regulate the placing on the market, i.e. sale, importation, distribution free of charge or exposure of foodstuffs which : (a) are clearly distinguishable from foodstuffs for normal consumption, owing to their special composition or manufacturing process, and (b) are suitable for their claimed nutritional purposes and which are marketed in such a way as to indicate such suitability. A particular nutritional use must fulfil the particular nutritional requirements of: (a) certain categories of persons whose digestive processes or metabolism are disturbed; or (b) certain categories of persons who are in a special physiological condition and who are therefore able to obtain special benefit from controlled consumption of certain substances in foodstuffs; or (c) infants or young children in good health.