NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD - REGULATION OF NUTRACEUTICALS
The document outlines the definition, classification, and regulatory framework of nutraceuticals, describing them as food components that provide medical or health benefits. It highlights various regulations governing nutraceuticals in different countries, emphasizing the lack of global standards and the need for harmonization. The conclusion stresses the importance of improving regulatory structures to ensure product quality and safety.
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According toDeFelice
Nutraceutical can be defined as, "a food (or part of a food) that provides medical or health benefits,
including the prevention and/or treatment of a disease.
DEFINITION
Or
It is “any non toxic food component that has scientifically proven health benefits including
disese treatment or prevention”.
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CLASSIFICATION OFNUTRACEUTICALS
NUTRACEUTICALS
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
VITAMINS
AND
MINERALS
HERBAL
PROTEIN
SUPPLEMENTS
FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND
BEVARAGES
FUNCTIONAL
FOOD
PROBIOTIC FORTIFIED
OMEGA FATTY ACID
PROTEIN BARS AND
OTHERS
FUNCTIONAL
BEVARAGES
ENERGY DRINKS
SPORTS DRINKS
FORTIFIED JUICES
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LAWS GOVERNINGNEUTRACEUTICALS
COUNTRY REGULATORYACT
USA Nutrition labeling and Education Act (NLEA), 1940
Dietary supplement health and education act ( DSHEA), 1994
Food safety and modernization Act (FSMA), 2011
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
INDIA The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
Food Products Order
Drugs And Cosmetics Act
Food safety standard and standards act(FSSA): 2006
Food safety and standards Authority of India (FSSAI), 2008
Food safety and standards Rules and Regulations, 2009
FSSAI, 2010
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NEPAL Dietarysupplement guideline,2016
(Ministry of Agriculture and livestock Development)
CHINA State Food and Drug Administration of China (SFDA)
EUROPE Functional Food Science in Europe (FUFOSE),1996 Regulations
CANADA Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD),2003
CONTD…….
JAPAN Food for specified health use (FOSHU), 1991
Food with health claims (FHC),2001
Foods with Health claims (FNFC), 2005
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REGULATIONS OFNUTRACEUTICALS IN INDIA
A food business operator may extract, isolate and purify nutraceuticals from food or non-food
sources, that is preparing amino acids and their derivatives by bacterial fermentation under
controlled conditions
The nutraceuticals shall contain any of the ingredients specified in Schedule I or Schedule II or
Schedule IV or Schedule VII or Schedule VII or Schedule VIII
[Amendment in force from 6th September, 2021; FBOs to comply with the provisions by 1st
April,2022]
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Should notcontain….
Narcotic and psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act OR drugs listed in Schedule
E(1) OF D$C Act
Meant for oral
administration
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REGULATIONS OFNUTRACEUTICALS IN USA
A dietary supplement is limited to products that are intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule,
powder, gel and liquid form.
IN case of ODI (Old dietary ingredient) no premarketing approval required from FDA
But in NDI (New dietary ingredient) pre marketing is mandatory
Drug must undergo FDA approval after clinical studies to determine effectiveness and safety.
Manufacture is responsible for safety evaluation.
Manufacture must submit information that ingredient within 75 days of marketing.
The USFDA has released GMP regulations for dietary supplements, applied to all the foreign and
domestic companies.
FDA has the authority to take action against any adulterated or misbranded dietary supplement
product after it reaches the market.
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CONCLUSION
Currently, nutraceuticalindustry is operating as a blend of regional regulations of
different countries. The existing regulatory framework for nutraceuticals is disorganized
with no global standards for compliance. Therefore harmonization of regulations is
necessary to remove the regulatory flaws across the countries and to ensure the product
quality.
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