Regulation 5 Prohibitions on sale relating to composition of food supplements

(1)

F1... No person shall sell a food supplement in the manufacture of which a vitamin or mineral has been used unless that vitamin or mineral–

(a)

is listed in F2schedule 1 of the 2019 Regulations; and

(b)

is in a form which–

(i)

is listed in F3schedule 2 of the 2019 Regulations; and

(ii)

meets the relevant purity criteria.

(2)

The relevant purity criteria for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii) are–

F4(a)

the purity criteria, if any, specified in F5assimilated law or in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State under regulation 3 of the 2019 Regulations; or

(b)

in the absence of such purity criteria, generally acceptable purity criteria for the substance in question recommended by international bodies.

F6(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 5(1) omitted (1.1.2010) by virtue of The Food Supplements, Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/438), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 5(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/54), regs. 1, 4(4)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in reg. 5(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/54), regs. 1, 4(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/54), regs. 1, 4(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Word in reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 4
F6: Reg. 5(3) omitted (1.1.2010) by virtue of The Food Supplements, Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/438), regs. 1, 2(5)(d)