Communications

World Food Safety Day 2026: From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere

On World Food Safety Day, the International Special Dietary Foods Industries (ISDI) joins the global community in reaffirming a shared commitment to safe food for all. This year's…

On World Food Safety Day, ISDI celebrates the fundamental role of science in ensuring safe and nutritious foods for people with special dietary needs

The special dietary foods industries are proud to provide people with the essential safe and ‎nutritious foods they need to live, grow and thrive. This would not be possible wit…

ISDI statement on the WHA Resolution on ‘Regulating the digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes’

On 26 May 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted at its 78th session a resolution on ‘Regulating the digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes’. ISDI and its members …

ISDI factsheet on Carbohydrates and Sugars in Foods for Infants and Young Children

Carbohydrates are one of the three macronutrients in the human diet, along with protein and fat, which are needed in appropriate amounts for energy provision and other bodily funct…

ISDI statement on the WHO study ‘How the marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding’

ISDI and its members are committed to improving nutrition and providing the highest quality products that help meet the nutritional needs of mothers, infants and children. Breastfe…

ISDI Webinar: Communicating Codex Standards and Guidelines

ISDI is an Observer to the Codex Alimentarius Commission and participates in many Codex committees, most importantly in the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dieta…

ISDI Statement on the Breastmilk Substitutes Call to Action

ISDI acknowledges the Breastmilk Substitutes ‘Call to Action’ – the Road to Compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (WHO Code), issued …

World Diabetes Day 2020: diabetes-specific formulas aid patient recovery

Diabetes is a growing global health concern, with the prevalence of the disease among adults rising from 4.7% to 9.1% over the past 30 years. In 2019, this represented an estimated…

ISDI factsheet on Complementary Foods

Complementary foods refer to foods, whether commercially manufactured or locally prepared, suitable as a complement to breast milk or infant formula when either becomes insufficien…

Nutrition interventions are an effective tool for addressing patient safety

On this World Patient Safety Day, we celebrate the health workers who have faced huge challenges and great risk in keeping patients—and themselves—safe during this global publi…

ISDI factsheet on Follow-up Formula for Older Infants and Young Children

Scientific experts around the world recognise that the first 1,000 days of a child’s life are critical for long-term physical and mental development. The adequate intake of …

ISDI supports World Food Safety Day and calls on all stakeholders to come together for food safety

Safe and nutritious food plays an essential role in providing for the health and wellbeing of people around the world, as well as supporting communities by driving economic develop…

ISDI Statement on COVID-19 and the Special Dietary Foods Industries

At the International Special Dietary Foods Industries, food safety is at the heart of everything we do. This is even more the case during these unprecedented times, where foods for…

ISDI supports the World Diabetes Day!

For hospitalised patients with diabetes, poor glucose control leads to adverse health outcomes while good control improves patients’ outcomes and cuts the cost of care.  Bas…

ISDI Represented at CNSC & APCCN in Nanjing

From 19-22 September 2019, Paul Hanlon and Cris Bradley represented ISDI at the 14th China Nutrition Science Congress and 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition in Nan…

ISDI Reactive Statement – WHO Europe reports on Baby Food

ISDI notes the release of the WHO Europe Reports on commercial complementary foods for infants and young children in Europe: ‘Ending inappropriate promotion of commercially avai…

ISDI supports the first World Food Safety Day!

ISDI is proud to support the first World Food Safety Day (WFSD) which will be celebrated on 7 June 2019! ISDI joins other stakeholders involved in safe food production, manufactur…

ISDI Press Satement Celebrating International Coeliac Day!

ISDI is pleased to celebrate International Coeliac Day today, and the anniversary of the release of its brochure on gluten-free labelling. ISDI represents manufacturers of glu…

ISDI’s General Assembly elected the new Governing Board Members for the mandate 2019-2021:

On 20 March 2019 in Rome, Italy, the ISDI General Assembly elected the following Governing Board member for the mandate 2019-2021: NAMEPROPOSED BYVenetta MirandaAPI…

Register for the ISDI Regional Meeting 2019 in Rome!

This year ISDI's General Assembly & Regional meeting will take place on 20 March 2019 in Rome, Italy. Programme & Schedule We are delighted to welcome…

ISDI Speaker on Food Additives at USDA event in Thailand

The Chair of ISDI Food Additives WG was recently an invited speaker to a USDA Bangkok capacity-building workshop titled: Good Regulatory Practices (GRP)- Tools to Effectively Achie…

ISDI participation at the 3rd China Special Food International Conference 31 October 2018

Hosted by the China Nutrition and Health Food Association, the 3rd China Special Food International Conference is taking placed in Beijing, China. As part of the session entitled G…

ISDI Statement: The private sector is an important contributor in policy discussions

ISDI Statement: The private sector is an important contributor in policy discussions All stakeholders make different, yet important contributions to policy discussions. The privat…

New WHO and ESPEN International Guidelines Recommend Nutritional Supplementation for Maintaining Health of Older Adults at Risk of Malnutrition

The International Special Dietary Foods Industries (ISDI) supports both the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and the WHO evidence-based guidelines for…

Statement on the Access to Nutrition Foundation’s 2018 Global Access to Nutrition Index

The International Special Dietary Foods Industries (ISDI) supports the Access to Nutrition Foundation`s (ATNF) goal to encourage companies to increase consumer access to nutritious…

Updated ISDI Statement to NGO “Don’t push it” Campaign

Confirming industry commitment to ethical, unambiguous and transparent marketing ISDI, the leading international expert association on special dietary foods, is aware of the report…

ISDI Reactive Statement to NGO “Milking It” Campaign

Reinforcing industry commitment to advancing optimal infant and young child nutrition through scientific and medical research, supported by education and information. It is essent…