Title BannerTitle BannerTitle BannerTitle BannerTitle Banner

Touchstone

ISSN 1179-2426
close

Tell your friends about this article!

Friend's email address:
  For example, username@domain.com
Your email address:
  For example, username@domain.com
Subject:
Message:
Send the email
This message has been sent to you from Touchstone, Standards New Zealand's free electronic magazine. Standards New Zealand is the country's leading Standards body, developing and promoting Standards for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

When the message is sent, you'll automatically be copied on the message. The text immediately above will be added to the message automatically, identifying the message as coming from Touchstone.

close

Thanks

Your email has been sent
Search
Search Ezine Search Rest of Site

Search


Search

Nutrition and dietetics – proposed new field of work


Standards New Zealand is seeking feedback on a new work item proposal on nutrition and dietetics. The national member body of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Kenya, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), has proposed this new field of work to ISO.

The proposed new technical area of work will cover standardisation in the field of nutrition and dietetics services, covering intervention programmes, nutritional clinical practice, and nutrition in emergency response. In addition it is proposed that the work also cover preparation and serving of institutional and household foods, in particular, but not limited to terminology, nutrition assessment tools and methods, food measurements, and criteria for nutrition supplements, advertisements and promotions, and training in nutrition and dietetics.

It is proposed initially to develop three documents are developed as follows:

  • glossary of terminology in nutrition and dietetics
  • code of practice for nutritionists and dieticians
  • requirements for conducting a nutrition intervention programme.

Standards New Zealand is consulting with key stakeholders in this area such as the Dieticians Board, Dietitians NZ, and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. To receive a copy of the proposal, for more information, or to submit comments including support for or opposition to the proposal, please email International Manager Karen Batt at isoadmin@standards.co.nz. Comments received will be used to form a New Zealand position on this proposal. Please provide your comments by Friday 30 July 2010.

 
Back to top
More Health articles