{"id":11498,"date":"2019-09-19T19:10:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalegonutrition.com\/selling-food-supplements-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T17:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:04:39","slug":"selling-food-supplements-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalegonutrition.com\/en\/selling-food-supplements-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling food supplements in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreigner companies interested in selling food supplements on the Spanish market do not need prior authorization to be entitled to place their complements in our country. However, the company does have to notify its intervention in the market to the Spanish Agency of Consumption and Food Safety (AECOSAN, Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition<\/a>) and provide them with a copy of the product\u2019s label. But, if the company is not present in the European Union, there are two possibilities to make a food supplement registration:<\/p>\n

AUTHORISATION AND NOTIFICATION OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN SPAIN<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b> 1.-In the case the company does not have a domicile in Spain and the product comes from a third (no-Eu) country, nutritional supplements can be notified directly to AECOSAN<\/a> in Madrid. A fee of \u20ac 125.63 per product will have to be paid. Each notification can include different flavors and different weights providing all the labels.<\/p>\n

2.- If the company has a registered office and social address in Spain must be registered in the Register of Food Industries of Spain (RGSEAA, Sanitary Registry of Food Companies). After, the product will be notified to the region where the company is settled. Depending on the region, fees change. For instance, in the Canary Islands <\/a>is \u20ac 2.50, in Andalusia<\/a> \u20ac 49.60, Valencia \u20ac 210. There are other areas where the notification is free of charge such as Asturias or Basque Country<\/a>.\u00a0 Anyway, the price is much less than the rate of the AECOSAN.<\/p>\n

LABEL OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN SPAIN <\/b><\/p>\n

The label must read \u201cfood supplement\u201d and It must not suggest that a balanced diet does not provide enough nutrients, nor that the supplement will prevent, treat or cure any illness or disease.<\/p>\n

It is compulsory that the label detail:<\/p>\n