THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LABELING OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS
Functional food product labels are written, printed, drawn, or photographed copies of words, drawings, or images that are pasted, printed, attached, molded, carved, or engraved directly on the goods or commercial packaging of functional food products .
Labeling of functional food products is to show the basic and necessary content of the product on the label of functional food products for consumers to recognize, as a basis for selection, consumption and use; to avoid consumers misunderstanding that functional food products are medicines, our government has issued many circulars and decrees regulating the labeling of goods, including regulations on labeling of functional food products. The latest is Decree 43/2017/ND-CP of the Government regulating the Labeling of Goods issued on April 14, 2017, effective from June 1, 2017, replacing Decree 89/2006/ND-CP dated August 30, 2006.
In order for manufacturers and traders of dietary supplements to understand and properly implement regulations on product labeling, and avoid providing information and advertising their products illegally, we would like to briefly summarize the regulations on product labeling of dietary supplements as follows:
According to Appendix I attached to Decree 43/2017/ND-CP dated April 14, 2017 of the Government, the mandatory contents on the label of functional foods are:
1. Quantitative
2. Date of manufacture
3. Expiry date
4. Ingredients, quantitative composition or nutritional value
5. Instructions for use, instructions for storage
6. Disclosure of risk warnings (if any)
7. Clearly state the phrase “Health protection food”
8. Clearly state the phrase “This food is not a medicine and is not intended to replace medicine”
9. Origin, source and trader responsible for the product
For details on Decree 43/2017/ND-CP, please download the attached file below ( Decree 43/2017/ND-CP )
