Regulation 5 Prohibitions on sale relating to composition of food supplements

England and Wales

(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 to the Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; and

(b)

is in a form which —

(i)

is listed in F3Schedule 2 to the Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, 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 applying in relation to Wales made by the Secretary of State or by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 3 of the Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; 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 (Wales) and Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3252), regs. 1, 2(5)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 5(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/179), regs. 1(2), 3(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 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/179), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Reg. 5(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/179), regs. 1(2), 3(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) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1332), regs. 1(2), 5
F6: Reg. 5(3) omitted (1.1.2010) by virtue of The Food Supplements (Wales) and Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3252), regs. 1, 2(5)(d)