Dietary supplements

The draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Regulation of Production and Circulation of Dietary Supplements". Language(s): Ukraine. Number of pages: 6

The draft Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Regulation of Production and Circulation of Dietary Supplements" aims to improve the regulation of production and circulation of dietary supplements on the market of Ukraine and state control over their circulation, considering the requirements of EU legislation.

The draft Law introduces a procedure for submitting notifications on the circulation of dietary supplements, maintaining a list of such notifications, which will be publicly accessible on the official website of the competent authority. In addition, the draft Law empowers the central executive body authority that responsible for formulating and implementing state healthcare policy to approve lists specifying permitted nutrients, other substances and their maximum residue levels for use in dietary supplements, as well as prohibited substances for use in dietary supplements. The draft Law also aims to strengthen responsibility for the production and sale of dietary supplements that that do not meet the requirements of the law.

The draft Law requires market operators to notify the competent authority within six months from the date of its entry into force of their intention to circulate dietary supplements that were marketed in Ukraine before the entry into force of this Law and that are expected to be marketed after its entry into force.

The draft Law establishes that dietary supplements that met the requirements of the legislation on safety and certain indicators of food quality, which were in force before the entry into force of this Law, but do not meet the requirements of this Law, may be in circulation until their consumption end date, expiry of the shelf life, minimum shelf life or the designated "use before..." date.