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Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1387 of 2003).

Type of law
Regulation
Source

Keywords

Abstract
These Regulations concern the sale of food supplements which are sold as food and presented as such. A food supplement is defined as a food sold in dose form whose purpose is to supplement the normal diet and which is a concentrated source of a vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination (regulation 2(1)).The Regulations: (a) prohibit the sale of a food supplement to the ultimate consumer unless it is prepacked; (b) prohibit the sale of a food supplement in the manufacture of which a vitamin or mineral has been used, unless certain compositional requirements are met, subject to a transitional provision; (c) prohibit the sale of a food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or a catering establishment unless certain requirements as to labelling, presentation and advertising of the product are met.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2005.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No