Nutrition profile standards
Criteria for defined nutrient, ingredient and product-profile representations, including category-specific thresholds and exclusions.
Standards
Requirements that can be understood, applied and assessed
WNA standards translate defined nutrition objectives into controlled requirements supported by evidence, consultation, competent review and periodic maintenance.
Standards portfolio
Programme domains
Standards are developed for a specified purpose, subject and user community. Requirements are not transferred between programmes without formal review.
Organisational practice
Requirements for governance, competence, evidence, communications and quality controls within nutrition-related services.
Product assurance
Requirements governing product identity, composition, substantiation, testing, manufacturing controls and market claims.
Education and competence
Requirements for learning outcomes, assessment, provider governance and continuing professional development.
Document authority
Status, version and scope matter
The controlled standards record identifies the document code, title, approved version, status, effective date, scope and any transition provisions. Only an active version identified for the relevant programme forms a current basis for assessment.
Drafts, working papers, consultation documents, explanatory material and archived versions do not constitute current requirements unless the applicable scheme expressly incorporates them.
Interpretation
Consistent application without private amendment
- Questions are considered against the wording, purpose, definitions and scope of the approved requirement.
- Formal interpretations are technically reviewed, authorised and recorded before programme-wide use.
- An interpretation may clarify application but may not create a new requirement outside the approved process.
- Material ambiguity, new evidence or market change is referred into maintenance or revision as appropriate.
Standards governance
Follow the development process
The standards procedure defines initiation, drafting, consultation, approval, publication and continuing review.