Is Caffeine legal in Poland?
- Legal status
- Not named in the Polish national list. Caffeine appears nowhere in the three annexes, so it is neither a narcotic nor a psychotropic nor a new psychoactive substance under the 2005 Act. Its regulation in Poland is food law.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. Poland has no death penalty, and no drug offence attaches to this row at all on the list as read. No drug offence can arise, because article 62 and article 62b each require a substance specified in the regulation issued under article 44f. The published Poland entry records the directly applicable European labelling rule: under Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 a drink containing more than 150 mg of caffeine per litre, other than a coffee or tea based drink, must bear the statement High caffeine content, not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women, with the caffeine quantity in mg per 100 ml. That rule and its figure are carried forward from the published Poland entry and were not re-derived in this pass. This absence is stated as at the consolidated text of 17 June 2024, Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1139, as that text stands after the amending regulations of 30 April 2025, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 598, and of 7 July 2026, Dz.U. 2026 poz. 934, read at api.sejm.gov.pl on 21 September 2026. The power to move the list belongs to the Minister of Health, exercised by rozporządzenie under article 44f of the 2005 Act, and that does not rule out a later rozporządzenie made after the date of this reading.
- If prescribed or medical
- Not a prescription medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- Ordinary caffeinated products need no documentation. A drink above the labelling threshold must carry the prescribed statement and the quantified declaration, which is an obligation on the food business and not on a traveller.
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 17 sierpnia 2018 r. w sprawie wykazu substancji psychotropowych, środków odurzających oraz nowych substancji psychoaktywnych, tekst jednolity Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1139
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 30 kwietnia 2025 r. zmieniające to rozporządzenie, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 598, w mocy od 22 maja 2025 r.
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Rozporządzenie Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 7 lipca 2026 r. zmieniające to rozporządzenie, Dz.U. 2026 poz. 934, w mocy od 28 lipca 2026 r.
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Ustawa z dnia 29 lipca 2005 r. o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii, tekst jednolity Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1939, art. 4 pkt 25 i 26, art. 31, art. 32, art. 33, art. 44f, art. 62, art. 62a, art. 62b
- api.sejm.gov.pl
- Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III, carried forward from the published Poland entry and not re-derived here
- eur-lex.europa.eu
- the regulation, both amending regulations and the Act were read at api.sejm.gov.pl on 21 September 2026
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