Regulation 3 Prohibition on sale, etc of food containing Tryptophan
Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, the addition of tryptophan to food intended for sale for human consumption is prohibited.
Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, the sale or offer for sale of food containing tryptophan is prohibited.
The exposure for sale of food containing tryptophan is prohibited.
Food containing tryptophan may be sold or offered for sale by either a pharmacist or a person acting in the course of the activities of a hospital to a person in respect of whom there is an appropriate medical certificate or to someone acting on that person’s behalf, and either a pharmacist or any such person acting in the course of the activities of a hospital may in those circumstances–
add tryptophan to food intended for sale for human consumption; and
sell, or offer for sale, food containing tryptophan for the purposes of its being sold for human consumption.
A pharmacist or a person acting in the course of the activities of a hospital who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (2) of this regulation by reason only that a document purporting to be the appropriate medical certificate is not genuine does not commit an offence if, having exercised all due diligence, he has reasonable cause to believe that the document was an appropriate medical certificate.