English
FrançaisNon-Tariff Measure
- NTM classification
- A81: Product registration and approval requirement
- Date when the measure came into force
- 20 October 2009
- Publication where the measure is specified
- Presidential Order N° 67/01 Of 20/10/2009 Establishing Food Supplements Regulation
- Regulation where the measure is specified
- Presidential Order N° 67/01 Of 20/10/2009 Establishing Food Supplements Regulation
- Country/Region applying the measure
- Rwanda
- The rationale of the measure
- This order concerns food supplements marketed as dietary foodstuffs and presented
as such. - Coded list of objectives
- X: For purposes n.e.s.
- Description of the measure
- Each product intended to be marketed as food supplement must be registered by relevant regulatory authority. When applying for registration to relevant regulatory authority, the applicant is obliged to follow the instructions prescribed in specific guidelines.
The information submitted to the authority in the form of product dossiers should normally substantiate the safety, effectiveness performance and quality of the product seeking registration. This requirement applies to both locally manufactured and imported products.
Product registration is a regulatory requirement that must be fulfilled by all those engaged in putting the specific products on the market. Before the system becomes operational, registration certificates from other countries can be provided and be examined at the regulatory authority’ officers’ discretion. - Reference of the measure
- Art 8
- Measure also domestic
- No
Products affected by the measure.
| Code | Product | Partial coverage | Partial coverage indication | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2106 | Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. | Yes | Food supplements | ||
| 2936 | Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent. | Yes | Food supplementrs |
- Description
- Food supplements
Food supplement is a product that: is intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamins; minerals; amino acids; a herb or other botanical
product, a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing
the total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients;
is intended to be taken orally in the form of tablet, capsule, powder, soft gel, gel cap,
granules or liquid;
is not represented for use as a conventional food or as a sole item of a meal or the diet;
is labelled as dietary supplement
Countries/Regions affected by the measure.
| Inclusion/Exclusion | Country | Date in | Date out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Entire world |
- Description
- All countries
