On 30 June 2022, the General Directorate of Food Safety and Control of Turkey issued a consultation document no. 473 to prepare supplementary food regulations.  The main contents are as follows:  
 
(1) Purpose.  The product characteristics of food supplements and the determination of procedures and principles relating to their production, preparation, processing, preservation, storage, importation, transportation, advertising, promotion and placing on the market;  
 
(2) Definition.  12 terms such as plant declaration and herbal medicine preparation;  
 
(3) General provisions.  Supplementary foods cannot be produced, imported or placed on the market without approval;  Food supplements manufactured/imported in bulk and not available to the market in pre-packaged form must be approved prior to being placed on the market.  Production/import of raw materials used for supplementary food production shall not be approved;  Requirements for enterprise registration., etc;  
 
(4) Supplement the establishment, responsibilities, powers and responsibilities, meetings and decision-making procedures of the Food Committee;  Supplement the duties, powers and responsibilities of the Food Committee;  Supplement the meeting and decision-making procedures and principles of the Food Committee;  

(5) Application for approval procedures and principles of supplementary food. Information and documentation requirements for food supplements;  
 
(6) Conformity assessment before approval.  Approval of food supplements, suspension of approval of supplementary foods, cancellation of approval, cancellation of approval;  
 
(7) Product characteristics and labels.  Comply with Turkish Alimentary Codex, List of Restricted Substances and List of Plants;  For supplements containing vitamins and minerals, the minimum daily consumption unit of each vitamin and mineral should be at least 15% of the reference intake set out in the Turkish Alimentary Codex on food labelling and consumer information;  Herbs, herbal preparations and other substances that do not meet the minimum requirements established by the Ministry of Health are not considered as active substances and may be identified only in the list of ingredients;  Content deviation rate requirements of active ingredients;  The maximum package size for liquid supplements provided to the end consumer in pre-packaged form shall not exceed 300 ml and the maximum package size for powder supplements shall not exceed 500g;  Supplements containing royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis are not allowed in the 2-4 and 3-4 age groups;  Honey, carob bean extract, vinegar, tahini, molasses, olive oil, fruit juice and other foods are not used as active ingredients in supplements;  
 
(8) Supplementary food labelling rules.  The product is called a "food supplement" and contains the recommended daily consumption unit on the label. The label contains the following warnings: It is not a medicine, do not exceed the recommended daily consumption unit, supplements should not replace normal nutrition, and keep out of reach of children.  
 
(9) Liability, traceability, prohibitions and official controls.  Establish traceability at all stages of raw material procurement, import, production, processing and marketing, review the traceability system, verify and document the effectiveness of the system;  To exercise official control over food enterprises in accordance with the Provisions of the Official Control Regulations on Food and Feed and these Regulations;  

(10) Recall provisions.  
 
The consultation document is subject to feedback until August 15, 2022.