40 compliance questions your retailer
will ask. Here's how to answer them.
Before any distributor, pharmacy chain, or health retailer commits to stocking your product, they'll run it through a compliance gate. This checklist maps every question they're likely to ask — and the documentation you need to answer them — across US, UAE, UK, and EU markets.
Four markets. One checklist. Every question answered.
United States (DSHEA/FDA)
DSHEA documentation requirements, GMP compliance, Supplement Facts panel format, structure/function claim disclaimer, FDA registration status, NDI screening.
UAE (MoHAP)
MoHAP pre-registration steps, required dossier documents, Halal certification pathway, Arabic label requirements, GCC Nutrition Declaration format.
United Kingdom (FSA/MHRA)
UK post-Brexit food supplement rules, UK Novel Food watch list status, UK FIC label format, responsible party requirements, MHRA medicinal boundary guidance.
European Union (EFSA/NHCR)
Novel Food authorisation checklist, NHCR permitted claims verification, EU FIC Nutrition Declaration format, maximum levels by ingredient, traditional food notification pathway.
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| Requirement | US |
UAE |
UK |
EU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-market registration | Not required | MoHAP required | Not required | Not required |
| GMP Certificate | Required (21 CFR 111) | Required | Required | Required |
| Batch CoA | Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Halal Certificate | Optional | Strongly recommended | Optional | Optional |
| Bilingual label | English only | Arabic + English | English only | Market language(s) |
| Certificate of Origin | Required | Required | Required | Required |
The full checklist has 40+ line items per market. Download it above.
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