# The Food Supplements (Scotland) Regulations 2003, Regulation 5: Prohibitions on sale relating to composition of food supplements


(1) ... 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 schedule 1 of the 2019 Regulations; and
(b) is in a form which–
(i) is listed in schedule 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–
(a) the purity criteria, if any, specified in assimilated 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.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/278/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-supplements-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-5
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