DH News Item, 11 January, 2012

SUPPLEMENTS - Food supplements: guidance update

The Department has updated its guidance documents on food supplements legislation to reflect a change made by the European Commission.

On the 14 November 2011, the European Commission amended the lists of minerals permitted to be added to foods, allowing the use of new mineral sources.

Guidance Documents

These documents are aimed at all food businesses that manufacturer, process, distribute, use, sell or import food supplements, and offer a quick guide to the compositional and labelling rules that apply to these products.

The following are available on the DH web site:

• Food supplements: summary information on legislation relating to the sale of food supplements (updated January 2012) (PDF, 139K)
• Food supplements: guidance notes on legislation implementing Directive 2002/46/EC on food supplements (updated January 2012) (PDF, 243K)
• Food supplements summary information on the labelling of food supplements (PDF, 138K)
• Food supplements: label advisory statements and suggested reformulations (PDF, 64K)
• Food supplements: list of vitamins and minerals which may be used in the manufacture of food supplements in the EU (updated January 2012) (PDF, 159K)