These Regulations, which come into force on 1st November 2001, implement Commission Directive 1999/21/EC on dietary foods for special medical purposes and extend to Scotland only. Article 1(2) of the Directive classifies such foods as foods specially processed or formulated for the dietary management of specified types of patients under medical supervision whose treatment calls for a special diet, and regulation 2 of these Regulations defines dietary food as food within that classification. Regu