UK · FSA · MHRA
FSA and MHRA compliance for food, beverage and supplement brands in the UK
Post-Brexit, the UK operates its own regulatory framework independent of the EU. The FSA governs food, beverages and supplements, the MHRA handles borderline medicinal products, and the UK has built its own retained food law with growing divergence from the EU. Taama checks both.
The regulatory landscape
FSA
Food Standards Agency
The UK food safety regulator. Governs food, beverages and food supplements, including the GB nutrition and health claims register and retained FIC labelling rules.
MHRA
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Governs borderline products that could classify as either a food supplement or a medicine.
UK Novel Food
UK Retained Novel Food Law
The UK maintains its own novel food authorisation process post-Brexit. The UK and EU novel food lists are diverging.
What Taama covers for United Kingdom
The checks that matter most for this market.
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Ingredient permissibility and UK novel food screening
Checks your formula against UK permitted ingredient and additive lists and screens for novel food status under UK retained law.
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FSA vs MHRA classification
A definitive verdict on whether your product is a food, beverage or food supplement under the FSA or a borderline medicinal product requiring MHRA review.
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Health claims compliance (GB claims register)
Validates on-pack claims against the Great Britain nutrition and health claims register, which now differs from the EU EFSA register post-Brexit.
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Label and packaging compliance
Checks all mandatory UK label elements: retained FIC allergen declarations, NIP format, FSA supplement labelling, and mandatory warning statements.
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Document validity
Validates that CoA, safety data, and supporting documentation meet UK regulatory requirements before submission.
Coming soonMarketing and ecommerce material review: validate ads, social content, and ecom listings against United Kingdom regulatory requirements. Beauty and pet food coverage is on the way.
Brexit created a slow-moving divergence between UK and EU compliance that catches food, drink and supplement brands out. If you sell in both, Taama checks both simultaneously.
Check your UK compliance and where it diverges from the EU
Upload your product and target the UK. Taama validates ingredient permissibility, FSA vs MHRA classification, GB claims register compliance, and label requirements.
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