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Food Supplement Directive No. 333/2020.

Country/Territory
Ethiopia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Certification Equipment Food quality control/food safety Fraud International trade Packaging/labelling Nutrition Registration Transport/storage Internal trade Public health Risk assessment/management
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel
Abstract

This Directive is applicable on import, export and wholesale of food supplement in Ethiopia. The objective is to: 1) Protect the public from health risks emerging out of unsafe and poor quality of food supplement; and 2) Protect the public from misleading practices in food supplement trade. “Food supplement” means a concentrated source of vitamin, mineral, amino acid, or other substance with nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination; prepared in dosage form and intended to supplement the normal diet. In order to introduce food supplement in the Ethiopian market, the Authority shall register it after checking compliance with requirements provided by Article 6 (Administrative documents for registration),Art. 7 (Technical documents), Art. 8 (Packaging and labelling requirements for finished product) and Article 9 (Notification of variation, validity of registration and requirement for reregistration).

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Website
www.fmhaca.gov.et