CRITICAL EVALUATION OF LABELING REQUIREMENTS OF NUTRACEUTICAL BRANDS

Objectives: This study focuses on the regulations made by government of India for Nutraceuticals labeling requirements and the need of change in the monitoring system in the same our objectives for the study were- 1. To understand labeling regulations of Nutraceuticals in India. 2. To study labels of selected Nutraceutical products from healthcare market. Methods: For objective first we have studied the regulations made by FDA of India regarding Nutraceuticals labeling requirement, for which we have used secondary data collection method. For second objective we have collected 30 samples randomly from Nutraceutical segments from local Pharmacies and studied the labels carefully. Results: The follow-up by Nutrceuticals manufacturer to labeling regulations found very moderate in our study. We found that regulations about list of ingredients, nutritional value, declaration regarding veg non-veg, declaration regarding food additives and other crucial parts of label are poorly followed by Nutraceutical Manufacturer in India. Conclusions: As we have studied the regulations regarding labeling of Nutraceuticals, we found that this regulations are sufficient and appropriate. Again through this research work we come to make this conclusion that Nutraceutical manufacturer / importer in India are not that much serious regarding labeling which is threatening in some aspects so they used to make mistakes in labeling knowingly or unknowingly.