What is the difference between the application for the authorization of a food supplement and the applica-tion for the authorization of a pharmaceutical product?
The laws that apply to the two different types of product are completely different, as are the authorization re-quirements for each. The AMG (Arzneimittelgesetz – Law on Pharmaceutical Products)is the relevant law applying to the authorization of pharmaceutical products. The LMSVG (Lebensmittelsicherheits- und Verbraucherschutzgesetz – Food Safety and Consumer Protection Law) applies to food supplements. The EU Directive2002/46/EC on food supplements has been incorporated into Austrian law. Food supplements can be distributed in Austria without being authorized or registered beforehand. Every com-pany distributing food supplements is responsible for ensuring that the products comply with the legal require-ments of the Food Safety Law.
