The Food Supplements and the Addition of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Substances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1)(a) and (e), 16(1) and (2), 25(1)(a) and (3) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 19912, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 19723.

In accordance with Article 47(3A) of that Order, it has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety that it is expedient for any reference to an Annex to 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 supplements4 to be construed as a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time.