South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 6 - FOOD AND COSMETICS
Subarticle 4 - FOOD
Section 5-315 - Special Dietary Uses

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 5-315

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

(a) The term "special dietary uses" as applied to food for man, means particular (as distinguished from general) uses of food, as follows:

(1) Uses for supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of a physical, physiological, pathological, or other condition, including but not limited to the conditions of diseases, convalescence, pregnancy, lactation, allergic hypersensitivity to food, underweight, and overweight;

(2) Uses for supplying particular dietary needs which exist by reason of age, including but not limited to the age of infancy and childhood;

(3) Uses for supplementing or fortifying the ordinary or usual diet with any vitamin, mineral, or other dietary property. Any such particular use of food is a special dietary use, regardless of whether such food also purports to be or is represented for general use.

(b) No provision of any regulation under Section 39-25-110(j) shall be construed as exempting any food from any other provision of the Act or regulations thereunder, including Section 39-25-110(a) and (g) and, when applicable, the provisions of Sections 39-25-150 through 39-25-180, inclusive.

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