Existing legislation, i.e. Implementing Decree No 225/2008 of 17 June 2008 stipulating requirements for food supplements and food enrichment, as amended, was found to be unsatisfactory.

The proposed legislation will replace existing Implementing Decree No 225/2008 on food supplements and food enrichment, and defines requirements for food supplements and the composition of foodstuffs. It transposes Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements and, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods, prohibits and restricts the use of some other substances in the production of foodstuffs.