Regulatory Requirements For Registration of Health Suppplements in Asean, Africa and GCC Region

Abstract

Humans do their best to get a proper food, but it is not sure they get all the vitamins and minerals which they need for their body from the diet. Therefore, one can have a source of health supplements daily to complete and balance the diet. Health supplements are those products which consist of one or more essential nutrients like vitamins, herbs, various enzymes, amino acids and many more minerals. These products are taken orally only. They are available in tablets, pills, liquid, capsule or powder form. These types of products are available in the market which does not require any prescription. But availability of these products in the market is not as easy as it seems to be. In India, there are numbers of health supplements manufactured, imported and exported to foreign countries under the guidance of the regulating authority. Certain guidelines has to be followed by the manufacturers or the company owners to provide a safe, effective and good quality products to the consumers in the market. Regarding the ASEAN, Africa and GCC region, each region has its own specific guidelines, complainces for the registration of health supplements. Also there are similarities and disimilarities in the registration process of health supplements. Each countries have its own terms and definition of health supplements. There are various registration procedures having certain registration fees which is submitted to the agency for approval. The manufacture needs to follows the specification and proper labelling guidelines criterias provided by the regulating authority of respective region