Regulatory Authority

Finnish Food Authority

• Decree 78/2010 on Food Supplements (in Finnish)
• Directive 2002/46/EC on Food supplements

• Food supplement notification (form, word)
• Guideline for submittal of food supplement notification
• Guideline for the use of Electronic Service (pdf)

• Food supplements are known as food products.
• There is no authorization required for their marketing.
• The legality of the contents or labelling of food supplements is not evaluated before they are placed on the market.
• The operator of the food company is responsible for the safety and other legality of the food supplement it places on the market.

Notification of the placing on the market of food supplements must be submitted to the Finnish Food Authority.

• A food supplement notification is submitted by Finnish Food Authority’s electronic service.
• The Suomi.fi identification (https://elva.ruokavirasto.fi.) is used for logging into the Finnish Food Authority’s electronic service.
• The notification can be made either in Finnish or Swedish.
• If the food business operator is not able (for some reason), to submit the notification via the electronic service:
• The food supplement notification can also be sent by using the notification form which is available in Finnish, Swedish and English.
• The notification form with the attachments can be sent to Finnish Food Authority’s Registry office at: Finnish Food Authority / Registry Office, PO 200, 00027 Ruokavirasto, or kirjaamo@ruokavirasto.fi .