§ Lord Clement-Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
What nutrients currently on the market in the United Kindom as ingredients in food supplements are not listed in Schedules 2 and 3 of the proposed Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003 recently published by the Food Standards Agency; and whether in each case they hold any information on whether or not dossiers are currently under preparation by manufacturers for submission to the European Food Safety Authority for consideration as possible additions to those Annexes. [HL2069]
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§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathAccording to information provided by industry, the nutrients boron, cobalt, nickel. silicon, tin and vanadium are used as ingredients of food supplements currently on the market in the United Kingdom and are not listed in Schedules 2 and 3 of the draft Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003 issued for consultation in October 2002. The most recent information received by the Food Standards Agency from industry indicates that manufacturers are not preparing safety dossiers for any of these nutrients.
§ Lord Clement-Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
What research they have commissioned into the costs and implications for product characteristics of the reformulation of food supplements in those cases where nutrient sources currently in use in the United Kingdom are not included in the list of permitted nutrients set out in the annexes to the Food Supplements Directive [HL2074]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Government have not commissioned any research into the costs and implications for product characteristics of reformulation of food supplements in those cases where nutrient sources currently used are not on the list of permitted sources. Information gathered by the Food Standards Agency in preparing the regulatory impact assessment for the draft Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003 provides estimates of the costs of reformulation up to £3,000 per product.