Directorates

Food Registration And Applied Nutrition

PRODUCT REGISTRATION
  • Processes new, renewal and variation applications for food and feed meant  for animal consumption within 30 working days for regular applications.
  • Responds to food registration related enquiries and issues.
  • Communicates all correspondences to clients.
  • Provides ‘’Premium Service Delivery’’ for processing of low risk products, renewal and request (variations, reissuance of documents, responses, label evaluation, name/institutional search) applications at three (3) times the regular fees.
  • Progressive Licensing Scheme (PLS):
Advises on labelling and packaging suitability prior to acceptance of applications.

TIMELINES AND FEES FOR PREMIUM APPLICATIONS
No Description Timeline Fees
1 Renewal Application of Food Product Registration 10 Working Days 3 x Regular fee
2 New Application for Low-Risk Food Product Registration 15 Working Days 3 x Regular fee
3 Request Applications (variations, reissuance of documents, responses, label evaluation, name/institutional search) 5 Working Days 3 x Regular fee
This does not include products that require Laboratory confirmation and Site Verification. Supermarket products and Request for Due Diligence (Eg. From Legal Firms, Banks etc) are also excluded

PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENT
Regulates food advertisements (electronic, new media and print). These advertisements include billboards, posters, promotions, radio, television, Live Presenter Mention (LPM), car branding, LED screen. Provides the following services in relation to food advertisements.
  • Receipt of advertisement applications
  • Review of advertisement applications.
  • Processing of all responses from advertisement applications issues
  • Communicate all correspondence to clients.
  • Respond to advertisement related enquiries and issues.
Provides ‘’Fast Track Services (Express)’’ for processing of New/Renewal Applications for Food Product Advertisement at three (3) times the regular fees.

TIMELINES AND FEES FOR APPLICATIONS
No Description Timeline Fees
1. New/Renewal Application for Food Product Advertisement 21 Working Days Regular
2. New/Renewal Application for Food Product Advertisement for Fast Track Services (Express)   5 Working Days 3 x Regular