Food supplements 

  The Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC came into force in July 2002 and
  is implemented in Ireland by the Food Supplements Regulations, S.I. 506 of
  2007.
  Directive 2006/37/EC introduced amendments to Annex II of Directive
  2002/46/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances.  

  From June 2002 any person placing a food supplement product on the market in
  Ireland, must notify the FSAI and in addition forward to them a model of the
  label used for the product. 

  S.I. No. 506 of 2007 requires that the labelling, presentation and advertising of
  food supplements must not attribute to food supplements the property of
  preventing, treating or curing a human disease, or refer to such properties.

  The S.I. also sets out specific labelling provisions which the labels of food
  supplements must bear in addition to the general labelling provisions of
  Directive 2000/13/EC

  In Ireland, vitamins and minerals sold as food supplements are regulated as
  food if the amounts of vitamin or mineral in the supplement is within the
  Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) listed in the Health (Nutrition
  Labelling  for Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2005 (S.I. No.65 of 2005).
  If the vitamin and minerals content of the food supplements are in excess of
  100% RDA then they  are classified as " Medicines" and are under the
  jurisdiction of the Irish Medicines Board (IMB).