Ukraine announces draft amendments to improve regulation of production and circulation of dietary supplements
Ukraine
Jul 15, 2024
The Ministry of Health has published Draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Food Supplements.
The draft Law introduces new definition of the term "food supplements", establishes the procedure for providing notices on introduction of food supplements into circulation, provides for the authority of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to approve the list of vitamins and mineral substances, as well as other substances and their maximum permissible doses, which are allowed for use in food supplements, imposes responsibility for the production and sale of food supplements that do not meet the requirements.
The draft Law establishes special requirements for food supplements, in particular the following:
- A market operator who intends to introduce a food supplement into circulation for the first time shall notify the competent authority about such intention by sending a notifice at least ten working days before circulation of the food supplement in question.
- Food supplements can be introduced into circulation, offered for sale and sold to the final consumer exclusively as a pre-packaged food products.
- Only substances included in the list of vitamins, mineral substances and other substances and their maximum permissible doses allowed for use in food supplements can be used for the production of food supplements, in compliance with the maximum permissible doses established by the specified list to be approved by the ministry of health of Ukraine.
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