Disputed the presence on the market of food supplements containing bud derivatives of Viburnun Lantana L.
Preparations based on buds of Viburnun Lantana L., in the context of the DM 10/08/2018 on the “Regulation of the use in food supplements of plant substances and preparations,” do not appear among the parts of the plant that can be used in the production of food supplements.
The plant Viburnun Lantana L. appears in the category of plant preparations that can be used nationally only following the recast of Annexes I and Ibis of DM 9/7/2012, the so-called BELFRIT list, from which DM 10/8/2018 originated. However, under the plant entry, the only part that can be used turns out to be “the flowering aerial parts” and not the buds.
Therefore, preparations made from the buds of Viburnun Lantana L. are not usable in food supplements, as they are unauthorized novel foods and present a risk to public health.
Food supplements based on Viburnun Lantana L., which are present in the territory, may be subject to challenges and complaints and/or for the Ministry of Health to ask the companies concerned to stop marketing them.
As a reminder, the inclusion of food supplements based on Viburnun Lantana L. in the register does not constitute consent to either marketing or attestation of compliance by the Ministry of Health.
If direct determinations are made, evidence of nationally significant use of Viburnun Lantana L. bud preparations in food supplements or dietary or herbal products on dates prior to May 15, 1997, must be demonstrated.
Only after demonstrating the availability of such documentation can the Ministry of Health be requested to include buds among the usable parts of Viburnun Lantana L.
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