Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1719 (W. 186) of 2003)

The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Welsh Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 1719 (W.186) The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 © Crown Copyright 2003 Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament. The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users. It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. 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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2003 No. 1719 (W.186) FOOD, WALES The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 Made 9th July 2003 Coming into force 1st August 2005 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(1)(a) and (e), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990[1], and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales[2], having had regard in accordance with section 48(4A) of that Act to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency and after consultation both as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. file:///bookstore.htm?AF=A10075&FO=38383&Action=AddItem&ProductID=0110907566 mailto:customer.services@tso.co.uk http://www.hmso.gov.uk/faqs.htm The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council[3] laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety and in accordance with section 48(4) and (4B) of that Act, the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations: Citation, application and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003; they come into force on 1st August 2005 and apply to Wales only. Interpretation 2. - (1) In these Regulations "the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Food Safety Act 1990; "catering establishment" ("sefydliad arlwyo") means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer and is ready for consumption without further preparation; "Directive 2002/46" ("Cyfarwyddeb 2002/46") means Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council[4] on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements; "dose form" ("ffurf dogn") means a form such as capsules, pastilles, tablets, pills, and other similar forms, sachets of powder, ampoules of liquids, drop dispensing bottles, and other similar forms of liquids or powders designed to be taken in measured small unit quantities; "food supplement" ("ychwanegyn bwyd") means any food the purpose of which is to supplement the normal diet and which (a) is a concentrated source of a vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination; and (b) is sold in dose form; "preparation" ("paratoi") includes manufacture and any form of processing or treatment, "sell" ("gwerthu") includes possess for sale and offer, expose or advertise for sale; and "ultimate consumer" ("defnyddiwr Olaf") means any person who purchases otherwise than (a) for the purpose of resale; (b) for the purposes of a catering establishment; or (c) for the purposes of a manufacturing business. (2) A food supplement shall be regarded as prepacked for the purposes of The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] these Regulations if (a) it is ready for sale to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment, and (b) it is put into packaging before being offered for sale in such a way that the food supplement, cannot be altered without opening or changing the packaging. (3) Other expressions used both in these Regulations and in Directive 2002/46 have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Directive. Scope of Regulations 3. - (1) These Regulations apply to food supplements sold as food and presented as such. (2) These Regulations do not apply to medicinal products as defined by Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council[5] on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. Restriction on form in which food supplements are sold to the ultimate consumer 4. No person shall sell any food supplement to the ultimate consumer unless it is prepacked. Prohibitions on sale relating to composition of food supplements 5. - (1) Subject to paragraph (3), 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 column 1 of Schedule 1; and (b) is in a form which (i) is listed in Schedule 2, 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 by Community legislation for the use of the substance in question in the manufacture of food for purposes other than those covered by Directive 2002/46; or (b) in the absence of such purity criteria, generally acceptable purity criteria for the substance in question recommended by international bodies. (3) In the case of a vitamin or mineral which is not listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 or is not in a form listed in Schedule 2, the prohibitions in paragraph (1) shall not apply until 1st January 2010 if The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (a) the substance in question was used in the manufacture of a food supplement which was on sale in the European Community on 12th July 2002; (b) a dossier supporting use of the substance in question was submitted to the Commission by the Food Standards Agency or another member State by 12th July 2005; and (c) the European Food Safety Authority has not given an unfavourable opinion in respect of the use of that substance, or its use in that form in the manufacture of food supplements. Restrictions on sale relating to labelling etc of food supplements 6. - (1) No person shall sell a food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment unless the name under which it is sold is "food supplement".. (2) Without prejudice to the Food Labelling Regulations 1996[6], no person shall sell a food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment unless it is marked or labelled with the following particulars (a) the name of the category of any vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect which characterises the product or an indication of the nature of that vitamin or mineral or other substance; (b) the portion of the product recommended for daily consumption; (c) a warning not to exceed the stated recommended daily dose; (d) a statement to the effect that food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet; (e) a statement to the effect that the product should be stored out of the reach of young children; and (f) the amount of any vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect which is present in the product. (3) The information required by paragraph (2)(f) shall (a) be given in numerical form; (b) in the case of a vitamin or mineral listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, be given using the relevant unit specified in column 2 of that Schedule; (c) be the amount per portion of the product as recommended for daily consumption on the labelling of the product; (d) be an average amount based on the manufacturer's analysis of the product; and The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (e) in the case of a vitamin or mineral listed in the Annex to Council Directive 90/496/EEC[7] on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs, be expressed also as a percentage (which may also be given in graphical form) of the relevant recommended daily allowance specified in that Annex. (4) No person shall sell any food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment if the labelling, presentation or advertising of which includes any mention, express or implied, that a balanced and varied diet cannot provide appropriate quantities of vitamins or minerals in general. Manner of marking or labelling 7. - (1) No person shall sell any food supplement which (a) is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer, or (b) is ready for delivery to a catering establishment and is prepacked, unless the particulars with which it is required to be marked or labelled by regulation 6(2) shall appear (i) on the packaging; (ii) on a label attached to the packaging; or (iii) on a label which is clearly visible through the packaging, save that where the sale is otherwise than to the ultimate consumer such particulars may, alternatively, appear only on the commercial documents relating to the food supplement where it can be guaranteed that such documents, containing all such particulars, either accompany the food supplement to which they relate or were sent before, or at the same time as, delivery of the food supplement, and provided always that the particulars required by regulation 5(a), (c) and (e) of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 shall also be marked or labelled on the outermost packaging in which that food supplement is sold. (2) No person shall sell any food supplement which is ready for delivery to a catering establishment and is not prepacked unless the particulars with which it is required to be marked or labelled by regulation 6(2) appear (a) on a label attached to the food supplement; (b) on a ticket or notice which is readily discernible by the intending purchaser at the place where he or she chooses the food supplement; or (c) in commercial documents relating to the food supplement where it can be guaranteed that such documents either accompany the food supplement to which they relate or were sent before, or at the same time as, delivery of the food supplement. The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (3) No person shall sell any food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment unless the particulars with which a food supplement is required to be marked or labelled by regulation 6(2) shall be easy to understand, clearly legible and indelible and, when a food is sold to the ultimate consumer, those particulars shall be marked in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible. (4) No person shall sell any food supplement which is ready for delivery to the ultimate consumer or to a catering establishment if the particulars with which it is required to be marked or labelled by virtue of regulation 6(2) are in any way be hidden, obscured or interrupted by any other written or pictorial matter. Enforcement 8. Each food authority shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its area. Offences and penalties 9. Any person who contravenes regulation 4, 5, 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Defence in relation to exports 10. In any proceedings for an offence under these Regulations it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove (a) that the food in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was intended for export to a country which has legislation analogous to these Regulations and that the food complies with that legislation; and (b) in the case of export to a member State, that the legislation complies with the provisions of Directive 2002/46. Application of various provisions of the Act 11. The following provisions of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Act or Part thereof shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations (a) section 2 (extended meaning of "sale" etc.); (b) section 3 (presumptions that food is intended for human consumption); (c) section 20 (offences due to fault of another person); (d) section 21 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of section 8, 14 or 15; (e) section 22 (defence of publication in the course of business); (f) section 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence); The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (g) section 33(1) (obstruction etc. of officers); (h) section 33(2), with the modification that the reference to "any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above" shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in that subsection as applied by paragraph (g) above; (i) section 35(1) (punishment of offences) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(1) as applied by paragraph (g) above; (j) section 35(2) and (3) in so far as it relates to offences under section 33(2) as applied by paragraph (h) above; (k) section 36 (offences by bodies corporate); and (l) section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith). Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[8]. D. Elis-Thomas The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly 9th July 2003 SCHEDULE 1 Regulations 5(1) and (3) and 6(3)(b) VITAMINS AND MINERALS WHICH MAY BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS Column 1 Column 2 Vitamins and minerals Unit 1. Vitamins Vitamin A µg RE Vitamin D µg Vitamin E mg α-TE Vitamin K µg Vitamin B1 mg Vitamin B2 mg The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Niacin mg NE Pantothenic acid mg Vitamin B6 mg Folic acid µg Vitamin B12 µg Biotin µg Vitamin C mg 2. Minerals Calcium mg Magnesium mg Iron mg Copper µg Iodine µg Zinc mg Manganese mg Sodium mg Potassium mg Selenium µg Chromium µg Molybdenum µg Fluoride mg Chloride mg Phosphorus mg SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 5(1) and (3) FORM OF VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS A. Vitamins 1. VITAMIN A (a) retinol (b) retinyl acetate The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (c) retinyl palmitate (d) beta-carotene 2. VITAMIN D (a) cholecalciferol (b) ergocalciferol 3. VITAMIN E (a) D-alpha-tocopherol (b) DL-alpha-tocopherol (c) D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (d) DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (e) D-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate 4. VITAMIN K (a) phylloquinone (phytomenadione) 5. VITAMIN B1 (a) thiamin hydrochloride (b) thiamin mononitrate 6. VITAMIN B2 (a) riboflavin (b) riboflavin 5'-phosphate, sodium 7. NIACIN (a) nicotinic acid (b) nicotinamide 8. PANTOTHENIC ACID The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (a) D-pantothenate, calcium (b) D-pantothenate, sodium (c) dexpanthenol 9. VITAMIN B6 (a) pyridoxine hydrochloride (b) pyridoxine 5'-phosphate 10. FOLIC ACID (a) pteroylmonoglutamic acid 11. VITAMIN B12 (a) cyanocobalamin (b) hydroxocobalamin 12. BIOTIN (a) D-biotin 13. VITAMIN C (a) L-ascorbic acid (b) sodium-L-ascorbate (c) calcium-L-ascorbate (d) potassium-L-ascorbate (e) L-ascorbyl 6-palmitate B. Minerals Calcium carbonate Calcium chloride Calcium salts of citric acid Calcium gluconate The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Calcium glycerophosphate Calcium lactate Calcium salts of orthophosphoric acid Calcium hydroxide Calcium oxide Magnesium acetate Magnesium carbonate Magnesium chloride Magnesium salts of citric acid Magnesium gluconate Magnesium glycerophosphate Magnesium salts of orthophosphoric acid Magnesium lactate Magnesium hydroxide Magnesium oxide Magnesium sulphate Ferrous carbonate Ferrous citrate Ferric ammonium citrate Ferrous gluconate Ferrous fumarate Ferric sodium diphosphate Ferrous lactate Ferrous sulphate Ferric diphosphate (ferric pyrophosphate) Ferric saccharate Elemental iron (carbonyl+electrolytic+hydrogen reduced) Cupric carbonate Cupric citrate The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Cupric gluconate Cupric sulphate Copper lysine complex Sodium iodide Sodium iodate Potassium iodide Potassium iodate Zinc acetate Zinc chloride Zinc citrate Zinc gluconate Zinc lactate Zinc oxide Zinc carbonate Zinc sulphate Manganese carbonate Manganese chloride Manganese citrate Manganese gluconate Manganese glycerophosphate Manganese sulphate Sodium bicarbonate Sodium carbonate Sodium chloride Sodium citrate Sodium gluconate Sodium lactate Sodium hydroxide Sodium salts of orthophosphoric acid The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Potassium bicarbonate Potassium carbonate Potassium chloride Potassium citrate Potassium gluconate Potassium glycerophosphate Potassium lactate Potassium hydroxide Potassium salts of orthophosphoric acid Sodium selenate Sodium hydrogen selenite Sodium selenite Chromium (III) chloride Chromium (III) sulphate Ammonium molybdate (molybdenum (VI)) Sodium molybdate (molybdenum (VI)) Potassium fluoride Sodium fluoride EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) 1. These Regulations implement in Wales Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements. 2. The Regulations concern the sale (as defined in regulation 2(1)) of food supplements which are sold as food and presented as such (regulation 3). 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)). 3. The Regulations - with effect from 1st August 2005 The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] (a) prohibit the sale of a food supplement to the ultimate consumer unless it is prepacked (regulations 4 and 2(2)), (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 (regulation 5(3) and Schedules), (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 (regulations 6 and 7). 4. Article 6(2) of the Directive (labelling, presentation and advertising must not attribute to food supplements the property of preventing, treating or curing a human disease, or refer to such properties) is already implemented in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (regulation 40(1) and Schedule 6, Part I, paragraph 2). 5. The Regulations make provision as to responsibilities for enforcement (regulation 8); create offences and penalties (regulation 9) and apply certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (regulation 11). The Regulations provide a defence in relation to exports, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Council Directive 89/397/EEC (OJ No. L186, 30.6.89, p.23) on the official control of foodstuffs (regulation 10). 6. A Regulatory appraisal for these Regulations has been prepared and placed in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 1st Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff CF10 1EW. Notes: [1] 1990 c.16.back [2] Functions of the Secretary of State under the Food Safety Act 1990, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as read in conjunction with Section 40(3) of the Food Safety Act 1990.back [3] OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1.back [4] OJ No. L183, 12.7.2002, p.51.back [5] OJ No. L311, 28.11.2001, p.67.back [6] S.I. 1996/1499, as amended by S.I. 1998/141, 1398, 2424, 1999/747, 1136, 1483, 1540, 1603, 2000/1925 (W.134), 2001/1232 (W.66), 1440 (W.102), 2679 (W.220), 3909 (W.321), 2002/329 (W.42).back [7] OJ No. L276, 6.10.90, p.40.back [8] 1998 c.38.back The Food Supplements (Wales) Regulations 2003 file:///D/HTML/uk39211.htm[16.01.2025 11:43:28] Other UK SIs | Home | National Assembly for Wales Statutory Instruments | Scottish Statutory Instruments | Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland | Her Majesty's Stationery Office We welcome your comments on this site © Crown copyright 2003 Prepared 21 July 2003 Cymraeg (Welsh) ISBN 0 11090756 6 file:///stat.htm file:/// http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/w-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/s-stat.htm http://www.northernireland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/northernireland/ni-srni.htm http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ http://www.hmso.gov.uk/hmsoform.htm http://www.wales-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2003/20031719w.htm