Article 4U.K.Restrictions on the addition of vitamins and minerals
Vitamins and minerals may not be added to:
unprocessed foodstuffs, including, but not limited to, fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish;
beverages containing more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol, except and by way of derogation from Article 3(2), to products:
and provided that no nutrition or health claim is made.
[F4The appropriate authority may by regulations determine the additional foods or categories of foods to which particular vitamins and minerals may not be added, in the light of scientific evidence and taking into account their nutritional value.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 4(b)(i) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in Art. 4(b)(ii) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 4(b)(iii) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 4 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 18(5)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)