Cabinet Regulation No. 685 of 2015 on Requirements for Food Supplements Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Special dietary uses Registration Packaging/labelling Data collection/reporting Consumer protection Internal trade International trade Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract The Regulation prescribes the mandatory safety requirements for food supplements; the procedures for registering food supplements, suspending or restricting their circulation and cancelling registration; the requirements for additional labelling of food supplements; and the requirements for the advertising content and presentation. The Regulation does not apply to medicinal products. It is permitted to place food supplements on the market in Latvia, if they have been notified to the Food and Veterinary Service and included in the register of food supplements; and have been presented as food products and are delivered to the end consumer in pre-packaged form only. A food establishment must ensure that there is information on the products distributed thereby at the trading site of the relevant food supplements. According to the Regulation, the Service must not restrict or prohibit the trade in food supplements due to their composition, manufacturing specification, presentation or labelling, if they conform to the requirements of this Regulation and the laws and regulations governing the circulation of food. Full text English Website www.likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 2006/37/EC amending Annex II to Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain substances. Legislation | European Union | 2006 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law on the Supervision of the Handling of Food (1998) Legislation | Latvia | 1998 (2014) Keyword: Basic legislation, Processing/handling, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Certification, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Standards, Public health, Risk assessment/management, Internal trade, Consumer protection, Governance, Institution, Monitoring, Business/industry/corporations, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements. Legislation | European Union | 2002 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Special dietary uses, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX