Food Supplement Legislation in the EU

Before selling nutraceuticals to different countries, enterprises shall understand corresponding regulations and supervision framework in the target country. When it comes to product classification from the legal perspective, a nutraceutical product can be regarded as regular food or subject to a specialized food category. In different places, the specialized food category is named health food in China, health functional food in South Korea, health protection food in Vietnam, etc. The counterpart in the EU is food supplement.