Food Supplement Guidance Uk

Guidance and faqs includes guidance to the legislation on the composition and labelling of food supplements as well as nutrition labelling requirements.
Food supplement guidance uk. This guidance document is intended to assist food supplement companies in setting tolerances for nutrition labelling of food supplements under directive ec and regulation ec no 1924 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods. 1 the food supplements scotland regulations 2003 ssi 2003 no. Semax in russia semax is used in russia as a nutritional food administered in nasal drops for the rehabilitation of patients suffering from parkinson s disease alzheimers disease strokes and other serious conditions.
About to launch a new supplement and need guidance on what you can and cannot have on your label. What a food supplement is. The food supplements wales regulations 2003 wsi 2003 no.
And the food supplements northern ireland regulations 2003 statutory rule 2003 no. 2 7 general food. Food laws and they are sold by a registered food business operator who is responsible for ensuring that the products they sell are not harmful to the consumer.
Guidance and regulatory information on food and dietary supplements. Getting your food supplement label right and legal are your supplement labels fully compliant with the latest uk eu regulations. Guidance on certain health foods or supplements which have specific information that you need to know about if importing.
In the uk food supplements are regulated under the ec food supplements directive 2002 46 ec which is implemented in national law by the food supplements england regulations 2003. A food supplement is defined in eu law as any food the purpose of which is to supplement the normal diet and which is a concentrated source of a vitamin or mineral or other substance with a nutritional or physiological effect alone or in combination and is sold in dose form. Includes guidance for industry as well as manufacturing processes food facility registration haccp retail food protection.
The list of rdas are provided in the annex to this guidance.