Food Supplements Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. No. 273 of 2003). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Special dietary uses Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Vending Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulations concern the sale of food supplements which are sold as food and presented as such. 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. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements 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. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Food Supplements and the Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 407 of 2009). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2009 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Food additives, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Food Supplements (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. No. 116 of 2007). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses Source: FAO, FAOLEX Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. No. 223 of 2014). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Consumer protection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX