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The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Foods and Cosmetics) Order 1971

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Article 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULEDescription of certain medicinal product foods which are not exempt from licences

1.  Any vitamin preparation in relation to which there are no written particulars or directions as to dosage.

2.  Any vitamin preparation in relation to which there are written particulars or directions as to dosage specifying a recommended daily dosage for adults which involves a daily intake in excess of—

(i)the equivalent of 2,500 Units (within the meaning of the 1968 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia) of vitamin A activity, or

(ii)the equivalent of 250 Units (within the meaning of the 1968 edition of the British Pharmacopoeia) of antirachitic activity, or

(iii)25 micrograms of folic acid, or

(iv)5 micrograms of cyanocobalamin.

3.  Any medicinal product, not being a vitamin preparation, to which one or more of the ingredients vitamin A or D, folic acid or cyanocobalamin has been added and in relation to which product there are written particulars or directions as to recommended use of that substance which involves a daily intake in excess of the quantities and ingredients specified in the preceding paragraph.

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