Foods for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow On Formula and Addition of Vitamins and Minerals

Closed 2 Dec 2019

Opened 5 Nov 2019

Contact

Siobhan Watt

(Policy Advisor)

Regulatory Policy

01224 285112

siobhan.watt@fss.scot

Overview

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would welcome your comments on the proposals for Foods for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow On Formula and Addition of Vitamins and Minerals (Scotland) Regulations and the partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA).

We are consulting on proposed amendments to domestic legislation relating to: 

  1.   Foods for Special Medical Purposes for Infants; 
  2.   Infant Formula and Follow On Formula;  
  3.   Addition of Vitamins and Minerals; 

Details of the proposals can be found in Annex A - Consultation letter and BRIA towards the bottom of this page.

 

Why your views matter

To seek the views of enforcement authorities, food businesses, consumers, other stakeholders and the wider public.

What happens next

Consultation responses will be analysed and feedback will be provided following the consultation.

Audiences

  • Consumer
  • Food Manafacturer
  • Food Producer
  • Retailer
  • Enforcer
  • Academic
  • Fisherman
  • Farmer
  • Scientist
  • Researcher
  • Academic
  • University
  • Local Authority
  • Public Analyst Laboratory
  • Commerical Food Testing Laboratory
  • Public Health Professional
  • Consumer
  • Law Enforcement
  • Government
  • Consumer
  • Government
  • Food Industry
  • Public Health Practitioner
  • Local Authority
  • Scientist
  • Researcher
  • Academic
  • University
  • Scientist
  • Consumer
  • Government Department
  • Scientific Advisory Commitee
  • Research Council
  • Scientist
  • Researcher
  • Academic
  • University
  • Local Authority
  • Public analyst laboratory
  • Commercial food testing laboratory
  • Public health professional
  • Consumer
  • Government department
  • Local authority
  • Primary producer
  • Farmer
  • Scottish Government
  • Egg Poultry Unit
  • Public Health Division
  • FSA
  • COSLA
  • DEFRA
  • Police Scotland
  • Health Protection Scotland
  • HMRC
  • local authority
  • REHIS
  • SCOTS
  • Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health
  • SOLACE
  • SFELC

Interests

  • Microbiological safety of food
  • chemical safety of food
  • radiological safety of food
  • food authenticity
  • adulteration of food
  • food surveillance
  • environmental monitoring
  • foodborne illness
  • information storage
  • diet
  • health