BSNA News
Parenteral Nutrition: ensuring high quality throughout preparation, supply and administration
The process of producing Parenteral Nutrition (PN) is a complex one involving multiple, carefully controlled and regulated steps. These steps are essential to ensure the quality of products is maintained during production, processing, delivery and administration.
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BSNA supports World Food Safety Day and joins with 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 development and alleviating poverty. This is especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BSNA responds to WHO Status Report 2020: Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes
BSNA Members welcome the World Health organization’s (WHO)‘ Status Report 2020’ on the implementation of the International Code of Breast Milk Substitutes and its findings that “progress has continued to be made on the promotion and protection of breastfeeding”.
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Why medical foods are vital to the treatment and recovery of COVID-19 patients
BSNA members have and continue to play a vital role in supporting the health and well-being of patients who have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19.
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Arsenic in rice
Reassurance to parents that rice products specifically marketed for infants and young children up to three years old are highly regulated to ensure their safety and strict compliance with food safety regulations.
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ISDI brochure on Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP)
The brochure provides the international background regarding Foods for Special Medical Purposes
(FSMP) based on THE STANDARD FOR THE LABELLING OF AND CLAIMS FOR FOODS FOR SPECIAL
MEDICAL PURPOSES – CODEX STAN 180-1991 (FSMP) which defines at international level this category
of products.
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MNI Grant 2020
The MNI grant rewards national initiatives or research projects for Optimal Nutritional Care. The objective is to support and/or inspire high quality initiatives. Over the past 10 years, the MNI Grant has supported or stimulated ambitious initiatives – endorsed by PEN (or sister) societies worldwide – which have contributed to improving nutritional care policies at national level.
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Malnutrition - A condition that affects 33 million people in Europe
The Medical Nutrition International Industry (MNI) has developed an infographic to explain malnutrition, a condition that affects 33 million people in Europe.
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