New Regulation No. 1925/2006 on addition of vitamins, minerals and certain other substance to foods

Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain othersubstances to foods was published on 30 December 2006 and applies from 1 July2007. This is the first piece of specific legislation to deal with the voluntaryaddition of vitamins and minerals to food and aims to provide a higher level ofconsumer protection as well as harmonise legislation across the EU to facilitateintra-Community trade. It also sets provisions to allow control of the additionof other substances to food.