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Consultoría de seguridad alimentaria formada por técnicos y abogados especializados en derecho alimentario. Alimentación especial y complementos.

Cuidamos todos los requisitos legales aplicables a la actividad, calidad y seguridad alimentaria del producto y de la empresa.

15/09/2026

🌏 Regulatory Radar 12: Hong Kong detected a banned dye in a Medicube product at 1.5 ppm, a level below what the brand’s laboratory could reportedly detect.

Its tests may therefore have found nothing, but “not detected” does not always mean “not present”.

Even so, context changes the story: the affected batches came from an unauthorised reseller in Singapore, outside Medicube’s official supply chain, and the brand’s local entity was later cleared.

Meanwhile, Korea suspended advertising for two Medicube products because their claims exceeded what cosmetics are allowed to promise, while China tightened its rules for influencers making medical-sounding claims.

Together, these cases show three very different regulatory issues: traceability, advertising claims and influencer accountability.

👉 Before trusting a label, an alert or a viral video, always check its source and full context.

09/09/2026

Regulatory Radar 12: Your product cannot be sold in the EU. Does it mean it has to be destroyed?

Thousands of units and a seven-figure investment were at risk after the authorities ordered one of our clients to destroy its matcha products.

But destruction was not the only option.

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 allows, under certain conditions, export to a non-EU country.

Our Regulatory and Legal teams worked together: Regulatory confirmed that the products complied with Mexican law, and Legal used that evidence to appeal the order.

The appeal was upheld and the destruction was suspended.

Knowing the right procedure in time changed the outcome.

👉 Full case on our blog. Link in bio.

08/09/2026

🥤 Regulatory Radar 11: Can a “prebiotic soda” still call itself that when it reaches Europe?

Coca-Cola launched Simply Pop in the United States with 6 grams of fibre, vitamin C and zinc, and messaging focused on gut health and immune support.

That positioning works in the US but in the EU, the wording has to be reconsidered.

Under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, “prebiotic” is not treated as a neutral product description. It implies a health benefit, and there is no standalone authorised EU health claim for the term.

Poppi offers a clear example. When the brand launched in Great Britain in 2026, it was positioned as “high in fibre”, without carrying the same “prebiotic soda” claim used in the US.

What should brands consider before launching in Europe?

✅ “High in fibre” can be used when the applicable conditions are met.

✅ Vitamin C and zinc can carry authorised claims relating to normal immune function, provided that the conditions of use are satisfied.

⚠️ “Prebiotic”, gut-health and microbiome messaging must be reviewed for the target market.

Adapting a product for Europe is not just about translating its label. The wording used to position the product may also need to change.

And that decision should be made before the packaging is designed and printed, not when the product is already ready to launch.

01/09/2026

Your supplement is compliant, so is your website? 🔍

Most brands spend months making sure their product ticks every regulatory box, then create risk with a single phrase on their product page.

We’ve handled cases where health authorities issued observations not about the product, but about what the brand said online. Marketplaces like Amazon are acting as regulators too, blocking products, requesting documents, suspending accounts.

The inspection doesn’t start at the warehouse. It starts online.

“...required the modification of statements relating to reducing tiredness and exhaustion, despite the product having already been notified.”
— Vanessa Cruz, Food Compliance Expert at LegaleGo Regulatory

Full article on our blog 👉 link in bio

20/08/2026

Regulatory Radar 10: Passes every EU check. Fails Spain’s.

EU-compliant. Labelling reviewed. Two years selling in Germany and France without a single issue.

Not enough to sell in Spain.

🇪🇸 Spain requires a mandatory prior notification to AESAN before any food supplement goes on the market. No other major European country has the same system. Most brands find out when it’s already too late: an inspection, a platform asking for proof, a distributor requesting compliance documentation.

By then, the product has been on the market for months without notification. The room to manoeuvre gets small, fast.

What makes it worse: AESAN’s controls increasingly start online. A non-notified supplement with an active Amazon listing or a branded website is more exposed than most brands assume.

👉 The full breakdown: what must be notified, what the consequences are, and how regularisation works if you’re already selling, is at the link in bio.

01/07/2026

Regulatory Radar 3: Ce***za sin alcohol, ¿con probióticos?

La semana pasada se celebró el Día Mundial del Microbioma.

Un buen recordatorio de hasta qué punto la microbiota ha dejado de ser un territorio reservado a suplementos, lácteos o productos digestivos.

Hoy empieza a aparecer en categorías que, hace no tanto, parecían muy alejadas de este lenguaje.

Incluida la ce***za.

Una ce***za 0,0.

Sin azúcar.

Con probióticos.

Y con una conversación que ya no va solo de sabor.

La llegada de propuestas como Ambar Triple Zero Probiótica refleja muy bien cómo algunas categorías tradicionales están entrando en territorios más funcionales:

microbiota, bienestar, probióticos y nuevas ocasiones de consumo.

Desde una mirada regulatoria, el punto interesante no es señalar a una marca.

Es entender la tendencia.

Porque cuando un alimento comunica funcionalidad, el análisis cambia.

No basta con mirar el ingrediente.

También importa:

qué se dice,

cómo se presenta,

qué contexto lo rodea,

y qué puede entender el consumidor.

⚖️ En la UE, las alegaciones nutricionales y de propiedades saludables están reguladas.

Y los probióticos siguen siendo un territorio especialmente sensible desde el punto de vista interpretativo.

✨ La clave para las marcas no es comunicar menos.

Es comunicar mejor.

Con estrategia.

Con criterio.

Y con una lectura regulatoria integrada desde el inicio.

***za

30/06/2026

Can your label be compliant while your website is not?

Yes.

And this is one of the biggest regulatory challenges for food supplements brands today.

Compliance is no longer limited to:

✅ formulation
✅ labelling
✅ product notification

It also includes everything surrounding the product in the digital environment:

🌐 websites
🛒 Amazon and marketplaces
📲 social media
⭐ customer testimonials
🎥 influencer content
📝 blogs
🔗 QR codes
🌍 automated translations

Vanessa Cruz, Food Compliance Expert at LegaleGo Regulatory, recently shared this perspective with NutraIngredients, one of the leading international media outlets for the nutrition and food supplements industry.

The message is clear:

A brand can have a compliant label and still create regulatory risk through the way it communicates online.

In food supplements, compliance is not only about what the product is.

It is also about how the product is presented, promoted and sold.

🔗 Full article in NutraIngredients: https://l1nq.com/fe08a9c

24/06/2026

Regulatory Radar 1: YUZZ y el nuevo lenguaje de la
nutricosmética

La llegada de propuestas como YUZZ refleja muy bien hacia dónde se está moviendo la nutricosmética:
productos más lifestyle, códigos más cercanos al universo beauty y una forma de comunicar que conecta alimentación, bienestar y cuidado personal.
Un territorio muy interesante para las marcas.
Y también especialmente delicado desde el punto de vista regulatorio.

Porque en alimentación funcional, la comunicación no se analiza solo por lo que dice de forma literal.
También importa lo que el consumidor puede entender del conjunto del mensaje.
Ingredientes, claims, imágenes, tono, presentación y contexto trabajan juntos para construir una expectativa sobre el producto.
Y ahí es donde la estrategia regulatoria se vuelve clave.

⚖️ En la UE, las alegaciones nutricionales y de propiedades saludables están reguladas por el
Reglamento (CE) 1924/2006.
Algunos nutrientes, como la vitamina C, cuentan con alegaciones autorizadas relacionadas con la piel.
Pero la nutricosmética no se mueve únicamente en el plano técnico.
Se mueve también en el terreno de la aspiración, la belleza y la experiencia de marca.

✨ El reto está en encontrar ese equilibrio: comunicar de forma atractiva, diferencial y memorable, sin perder solidez regulatoria.

En LegaleGo Regulatory creemos que las marcas que mejor crecerán en sectores regulados no serán las que comuniquen menos.
Serán las que comuniquen mejor.
Con estrategia.
Con criterio.
Y con una lectura regulatoria integrada desde el inicio.

21/05/2026

Very proud to see África Gallego, Director & Senior Regulatory Consultant at , featured in NutraIngredients discussing one of the biggest mistakes in the international expansion of food supplements.

Because in Europe, the problem often does not appear when you notify a product.

It appears later.

👉 When an ingredient receives a different interpretation in another country.
👉 When an authority questions the product category.
👉 When requests or inspections appear months after launch.
👉 When the product is already on the market and the investment is already made.

And that is exactly when regulation stops being an administrative step and becomes a strategic decision.

At LegaleGo Regulatory, we have spent years seeing how the exact same food supplement can have completely different outcomes depending on the European market.

That is why we always insist on the same idea:

❌ Notification does not equal validation.
❌ Replicating is not expanding.
✅ International expansion requires regulatory strategy.

Thank you to NutraIngredients for highlighting a discussion that is becoming increasingly important for the industry.

Because compliance is not always enough.

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