Food Safety

New one-stop-shop Test Methods website provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to analytical methods for special dietary foods

Ensuring the safety and nutritional quality of special dietary foods requires the use of accurate and precise test methods. The new ISDI website – Test Methods for Special Dietar…

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…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – FSMPs differing by their flavour presence or absence of fibre

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – factors around humidity, temperature and climatic zones

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – packaging factors

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – number of batches

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – microbiological tests

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – contaminants

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – tracers

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

FSMP shelf-life determination: ISDI position – analysis frequency

This position is intended to support manufacturers and provide guidance on shelf-life tests. The recommendations are applicable to Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), but wo…

ISDI celebrates World Food Safety Day and calls on all stakeholders to ‎work together to prepare for the unexpected

The special dietary foods industries are proud to provide people with the essential safe and ‎nutritious foods they need to live, grow and thrive. Foods for special dietary …

Xanthan gum in formulas for special medical purposes for infants

In December 2021, 7 years after ISDI asked JECFA – the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives – to evaluate the use of xanthan gum in formulas for special medical pur…

ISDI supports World Food Safety Day and calls on all stakeholders to ‎work together for safer food and better health

The special dietary foods industries are proud to provide people with the essential safe and ‎nutritious foods they need to live, grow and thrive, as well as support the Sustaina…

Download the ISDI brochure on Food Additives in Infant Formula

The ISDI brochure - 'Use of additives in infant formula and formulas for special medical purposes intended for infants' - provides the international background regarding additives …

ISDI Webinar: Food Additives in Infant Formula – A journey through the technological need and evaluation of safety

Food additives play a vital role in manufacturing safe, high quality formulas for infants. The Codex Alimentarius process for the authorisation of additives in infant formula is ro…

ISDI Positions for CCNFSDU42

The 42nd Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU42) will be held virtually on 19, 22-25 November and 1 December 2021 (12:0…

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 ‎d…

ISDI soutient la Journée mondiale de la ‎sécurité alimentaire et appelle ‎‎toutes les ‎parties prenantes à s’unir pour la sécurité ‎alimentaire

Une alimentation sûre et nutritive joue un rôle essentiel dans la santé et le bien-être des ‎populations du monde entier, ainsi que dans le soutien aux communautés en favori…

ISDI apoya el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos y pide a todas las partes interesadas que se unan en pro de la seguridad alimentaria

Los alimentos seguros y nutritivos desempeñan un papel esencial en la salud y el bienestar de las personas de todo el mundo, además de apoyar a las comunidades impulsando el desa…

Join us on 2 March to talk about Flavourings in Foods for Infants & Young Children

In the context of the revision of the Follow-Up Formula (FUF) Standard at Step 4 for older infants (OI) and young children (YC), ISDI created a position paper with the aim to suppo…

Join us on 3 February to talk about Digital Marketing & WHO Engagement with Rocco Renaldi

Opportunities, challenges and lessons learned from the International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA) Following the World Health Assembly’s resolution (WHA/73/26) re…

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 welcomes progress at the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses in Düsseldorf

As a Codex Observer, the International Special Dietary Foods Industries (ISDI) contributed and shared its expertise at the 41st session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Food…

ISDI Positions for CCNFSDU41

The 41st Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU41) will be held at the InterContinental Hotel from 24-29 November 2019. The opening…

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 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 Positions for CCNFSDU40

The 40th Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will be held at the H4 Hotel Berlin-Alexanderplatz. The opening session will start at 9:30 a…

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…