Current UK Laws for infant formula and follow on formula
The UK laws which currently apply to the composition, marketing and safety of infant formula and follow on formula within the UK are:
Statutory instrument 2007/3521 “The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) Regulations 2007”
And the amendments to this, in statutory instrument 2008/2445 “The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008”
It should be noted that while the legislation is devolved, the content of each nation’s statutory instruments is identical to the regulations for England. For reference see:
Welsh statutory instruments
Scottish statutory instruments
Northern Irish statutory instruments
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/506/made
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/405/sld/made
These laws are the result of EU Commission Directive 2006/141/EC (which sits under the 2009/39/EC European Framework directive on ‘Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses’), which required member states of the European Union to adopt and publish, by 31 December 2007 at the latest, laws and administrative provisions to implement the Directive at a national level.
In 2013, the Department of Health updated its guidance on the rules in these statutory instruments, see more below.