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Unlike medicinal products, food supplements do not require authorisation for sale. However, companies responsible for the marketing of food supplements in Spain are obliged to expressly communicate the placing on the market of their product to the competent authorities in order to facilitate their control. As in the case of any foodstuff, the companies or persons marketing food supplements are responsible for ensuring that these products are safe and comply with the regulations. Food supplements follow the same rules on official controls as other foods on the basis of the potential health risk they may present.

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WHAT KIND OF SERVICES DO WE OFFER?

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Creation and revision of labelling

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Creation and revision of labelling

In order to achieve full protection of consumers' health and to guarantee their right to information, care must be taken to ensure that consumers are properly informed about the food they consume. To this end, a number of general principles and requirements of food law are established, and procedures are laid down which must be complied with, in order to avoid any practices that may put the health of the consumer at risk.

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Notification of placing on the market of food supplements in Europe

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Notification of placing on the market of food supplements in Europe

In order to ensure effective control by Member States, the food business operator must notify the placing on the market of certain foodstuffs to the competent authorities where the product is to be placed on the market. Food supplements and all matters relating to special feedingstuffs must be governed by the specific legislation on food supplements and by the general legislation on food safety.

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Obtaining a certificate of free sale in Europe for companies with Health Registration of the Junta de Andalucía.

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Obtaining a certificate of free sale in Europe for companies with Health Registration of the Junta de Andalucía.

The Certificate of Free Sale is a document that guarantees that the food products produced by an establishment have been produced by a company or food establishment that is registered in the General Sanitary Register of Food and Food Companies and are therefore free for sale and consumption in the European Union. The health authorities or importers in some countries require that the products to be exported be accompanied by a document certifying that they are free for sale or marketing in the country of origin. This allows you to meet one of the requirements for registering your products or brands in other countries.

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Application for allocation of national parapharmacy codes

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Application for allocation of national parapharmacy codes

The National Parapharmacy Code is a rapid identification system or computer tool, which aims to help and facilitate the management of pharmacies in the acquisition of parapharmacy products on the national market. Parapharmacy products are all those products which, not being medicines, are consumed, applied or used by the human being and/or on the body, and are made available to users, in accordance with and in accordance with what is established in the specific technical-sanitary regulations of the different categories of products on the market, as well as in the general regulations in force on the subject.

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How are food supplements regulated in Spain?

How are food supplements regulated in Spain?

Unlike medicines, food supplements do not require authorisation for sale. However, companies responsible for the marketing of food supplements in Spain are obliged to expressly communicate the placing on the market of their product to the competent authorities in order to facilitate their control. As in the case of any foodstuff, the companies or persons marketing food supplements are responsible for ensuring that these products are safe and comply with the regulations. Food supplements follow the same rules on official controls as other foods on the basis of the potential health risk they may present. Their legal denomination for sale in Spain is ‘food supplement’ and not other denominations such as ‘food supplement’ or ‘nutritional supplement’.

What regulations govern the marketing of food supplements?

What regulations govern the marketing of food supplements?

The marketing of food supplements in Spain is regulated by Royal Decree 1487/2009, of 26 September, on food supplements and its subsequent amendment, Royal Decree 130/2018.

What messages can I put on the labelling?

What messages can I put on the labelling?

The labelling, presentation and advertising of food supplements may not include any statement suggesting that a balanced and varied diet does not in itself provide adequate amounts of nutrients in general. Furthermore, it shall not attribute to food supplements the property of preventing, treating or curing a disease or refer in any way to such properties.

What information must appear on the labelling?

What information must appear on the labelling?

  • Name
  • How to use
  • Daily dose of the product
  • Net amount
  • Expiry date
  • Names of substances and nutrients
  • Batch Code
  • Conservation conditions
  • List of ingredients
  • Warnings