Swedish Food Agency — Vegan diet
- Court / authority
- Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket)
- Country / jurisdiction
- Sweden
- Date
- n/a
- Case / document number
- —
- Document type
- Official authority guidance
- Legal area
- Nutrition guidance
- Relevant provisions
- —
Summary
The national food authority's guidance on planning a nutritionally adequate vegan diet, including for children.
Legal significance
Official guidance, not binding law, but it removes the common objection that a vegan diet cannot meet the statutory nutrition requirement.
Relevance to the right to vegan food
Frequently decisive in correspondence with schools and care providers.
Current legal status
Current guidance.
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