Dietary supplements as a particular type of food in terms of labelling, presentation and advertising are subject to general legal standards that apply to all foodstuffs and supplements’ specific regulations. One of the general rules is the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Dz.U. L 304, s. 18). The Regulation above harmonizes food labelling rules, including dietary supplements, on the European level, leaving member States with a small margin for latitude. The main Polish regulation is the Act of 25 August 2006 on Food and Nutrition Safety (Dz.U. 2006 r. nr 171, poz. 12250), and the Regulation of Minister of Health of 9 October 2007 on The Composition and Labeling of Dietary Supplements (Dz.U. 2014. 453 unified text).
