PLANT-BASED FOOD SUPPLEMENTS: BULGARIAN AND EUROPEAN LEGISLATION
Journal Title: Българско списание за обществено здраве (Bulgarian Journal of Public Health) - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
The subject of this work is Bulgarian and European legislation in the area of PBFS1 . Consumer surveys in other countries have shown that the consumption of plant products by citizens is increasing to improve health. The aim of this work is to compare the Bulgarian legislation in the field of PBFS with European legislation. According to Bulgarian and European regulations (normative documents) food supplements (FS)2 are foods. At this stage, there are no specific Community rules on plants, parts and extracts of which are incorporated in the FS. The general rules on FS introduced by Directive 2002/46/EC are also applied to plant-based food supplements. In our country we have notification mode for PBFS. Our national specific rules on plant-based food supplements refer to the presence of a negative list “Plants and parts thereof not to be used in food supplements” (Annex 4 to Article 11, paragraph 1 of Ordinance №47), which includes 120 items (plant species and plant genera). Since 2010 the Ordinance №47 has not been amended and supplemented. It states that the manufacturers or traders who are about to place the FS on the market shall notify RIPCPH3 , but these structures no longer exist. At this time, these notifications are filed in BFSA 4 , without having a regulatory framework for this. At this stage, national rules concerning the PBFS are applied in each EU 5 country. Great differences exist in the national rules on PBFS requirements in different EU Member States. Bulgaria ranks among the countries with negative lists of plants in the area of PBFS. The governing bodies in Bulgaria must undertake a legislative initiative in the field of PBFS to ensure the safety of the citizens who have taken them.
Authors and Affiliations
Vladislav Bachev, Iliana Yaneva-Balabanska
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