Publications and resources

Official publications with clear status and purpose

Association publications are classified by their authority, intended audience and relationship to formal requirements so that readers can identify what governs, what guides and what informs.

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Resource types

Use each publication according to its status

Standards and scheme rules

Controlled normative documents stating requirements, scope, definitions, effective date and conformity obligations.

Technical guidance

Authorised explanatory material supporting consistent understanding without privately amending normative requirements.

Professional practice resources

Evidence-informed material supporting competent, ethical and reflective nutrition practice.

Public information

Clear explanations of nutrition topics, certification meaning, mark use and reliable verification.

Scientific reports

Evidence reviews, technical statements and proceedings produced under defined methods and approval routes.

Institutional publications

Governance, strategy, policy and accountability material issued under Association authority.

Publication control

Authority is identifiable

01
Commissioning
Purpose, audience, authority, contributors, review method and conflicts are established.
02
Technical review
Content is examined for accuracy, balance, evidence, legal sensitivity and consistency with controlled positions.
03
Approval and issue
The authorised version identifies publisher, date, status and any applicable review or supersession information.
04
Maintenance
Material error, new evidence or changed requirements may prompt correction, revision, qualification or withdrawal.

Responsible use

Context must be preserved

Extracts and summaries should preserve the meaning, scope, limitations and date of the source. Association identity must not be used to imply endorsement of an unrelated product, position or organisation.

Where a controlled standard, certificate or register record is relevant, that primary source takes precedence over explanatory or third-party material.