Food Supplement Directive No. 333/2020.

This Directive is applicable on import, export and wholesale of food supplement in Ethiopia. The objective is to: 1) Protect the public from health risks emerging out of unsafe and poor quality of food supplement; and 2) Protect the public from misleading practices in food supplement trade. “Food supplement” means a concentrated source of vitamin, mineral, amino acid, or other substance with nutritional or physiological effect, alone or in combination; prepared in dosage form and intended to supplement the normal diet. In order to introduce food supplement in the Ethiopian market, the Authority shall register it after checking compliance with requirements provided by Article 6 (Administrative documents for registration),Art. 7 (Technical documents), Art. 8 (Packaging and labelling requirements for finished product) and Article 9 (Notification of variation, validity of registration and requirement for reregistration).
Any person who wants to import, export, wholesale or distribution a food supplement under this directive shall apply for a certificate of competence; Part 3 establishes minimum requirements in relation to location, building materials and work force. Part 4 regulates product import, export and wholesale.