2022/400/B
EC/EFTA
BE Belgique
  • C50A - Denrées alimentaires
2022-09-12
2022-06-17

Food supplements

Ministerial Decree amending the Ministerial Decree of 22 December 2021 regarding the manufacture and trade of food supplements containing substances other than nutrients and plants or plant preparations

The draft provides for an amendment to the Ministerial Decree of 22 December 2021 on the manufacture and trade of food supplements containing substances other than nutrients and plants or plant preparations.

Following the publication of Regulation 2022/860 on monacolins from red yeast rice and the elements in EFSA’s opinion on monacolins from red yeast rice, the levels and warnings in the Ministerial Decree should be amended regarding other sources of monacolin K.

In order to ensure the safety of products containing monacolin K which do not fall under Regulation 2022/860, a limit of less than 3 mg monacolin K per day and a mandatory warning similar to that present for red yeast rice to be included on the product labelling will be imposed.