When you introduce or "market" a new food product, you must meet minimum legal requirements for safety and labeling.
Here you can protect yourself with a so-called marketability certificate. This is nothing more than an expert opinion that certifies that your product and its labeling meet the legal requirements.
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Marking test
In addition to ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, you should have a labeling or tagging inspection performed.
Ingredients, quantity and packaging are checked according to the German legislation such as the law of LMIV and NemV. The same applies to the terms, images and symbols used.
What do I need a certificate of marketability for?
You can use a marketability certificate to prove that your product meets the legal requirements. Retailers often require these as proof of the marketable design of food products.
However, the opinion is also useful for manufacturers and importers of food supplements and other ready-to-eat foods.
They must all be marketable under the Novel Food Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283 in order to be placed on the market.
What is the cost of a certificate of marketability?
The cost of a marketability certificate varies depending on the provider and the scope of the certificate. As a rule, an expert opinion costs between 250 and 1,000 euros.
In any case, you should have the certificate drawn up by an expert who has the relevant specialist knowledge. This is the only way to ensure that your product is marketable and meets all legal requirements.
How to guarantee food safety for your products
Food safety means that all legal requirements are met. This includes checking all relevant certificates, documents, labels and analyses of your products.
We make sure that your product is safe and that you do your due diligence as early as the product development stage. Our packaging designers have years of experience in these areas and ensure that nothing stands in the way of a successful notification.
What is a declaration test?
A declaration check is a check whether all the information used on the label complies with the legal requirements. It also checks whether the terms, images and symbols used are correct.
The audit covers food labeling according to LMIV, NemV, as well as the Novel Food Regulation (EU) No. 2015/2283.
What does marketability mean?
Marketability means that your product meets the legal requirements. Only marketable foodstuffs may be placed on the market. Food that is not marketable is subject to a fine of up to 50,000 euros.
When introducing new food products to the market, it is important that all legal frameworks as well as common trade practice are complied with. In addition, your product must not mislead the consumer in terms of packaging, presentation and advertising.
A marketable design of your product is therefore very important. You can prove that this is the case with a marketability certificate.
An expert opinion is therefore recommended to make your product marketable. This is the only way to ensure that it meets the legal requirements and that you will not be fined.
Marketability already starts with the development of products
On our sourcing platform you will find only certified contract manufacturers with high quality products. As a distributor, you are responsible for the marketability certificates of your products. Here we support you already during the development of your product.
We provide you with all important certificates. In addition, you can easily book a certificate of marketability for your products with us.
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