If you wish to market food supplements in Germany, you must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).Would you like to launch a food on the market in Germany and are unsure whether it should be classified as a novel food? Then you can ask the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) for advice.Novel tobacco products, for example heated tobacco products, may only be placed on the market if they have been approved. You can apply for approval from the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).If you, or your company, operate a facility in which chemical substances hazardous to water are handled, you must independently classify the substances used into a water hazard class (WGK) and notify the Federal Environment Agency.If you want to use a new smoke flavoring in or on food, you must have it approved at the European level . If approved, the smoke flavoring will be placed on the EU Community List of Primary Products.As a manufacturer or importer of tattooing products including certain comparable substances and preparations, you must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of the formulations.If you wish to market food for certain consumer groups requiring special protection, such as sick people or infants, in Germany, you must notify the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).
These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.
On the basis of Regulation (EU) 764/2008, which was/will be replaced by Regulation (EU) 2019/515 from 19.04.2020, product contact points have been established EU-wide for products for which harmonised rules are not yet in place.