Tryptophan in Food Regulations 1990
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1990/1728 |
1990 No. 1728
FOODCOMPOSITION
The Tryptophan in Food Regulations 1990
Made 21th August 1990
Laid before Parliament 22th August 1990
Coming into force 12th September 1990
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 4(1)(a) and (c), 74(3) and 118 of the Food Act 19841or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions and now exercisable by them2, it appearing to them to be necessary or expedient in the interests of public health to make the following Regulations, and after consulting such organisations as appeared to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations in accordance with section 118(6) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tryptophan in Food Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 12th September 1990.
(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—
“tryptophan” means dextrorotatory tryptophan, laevorotatory tryptophan, or racemic tryptophan, or any salt or peptide prepared from any of those forms,
and references to adding tryptophan to food —
(a) do not include references to adding food which contains only tryptophan occurring naturally in it to any other such food or to food which contains no tryptophan;
(b) but otherwise include references to adding food to which tryptophan has been added to any other food.
Prohibition on sale, etc of food containing tryptophan
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, the addition of tryptophan to food intended for sale for human consumption is prohibited.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation, the sale or offer for sale of food containing tryptophan is prohibited.
(3) The exposure for sale of food containing tryptophan is prohibited.
(4) Food containing tryptophan may be sold or offered for sale by a pharmacist or in the course of the activities of a hospital to a person in respect of whom there is an appropriate medical certificate or to someone acting on that person’s behalf, and
(a)
(a) any person may add tryptophan to food intended for sale in those circumstances for human consumption; and
(b)
(b) any person may sell, or offer for sale, food containing tryptophan for the purposes of its being sold in those circumstances.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6) of this regulation, a person who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of this regulation commits an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(6) A pharmacist or a person acting in the course of the activities of a hospital who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (2) of...
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