Before you start
Before you begin the application process, please consider if you need to apply for a regulated product market authorisation. This page explains the application requirements and will help you to work out if you need to make an application.
You will need to apply for a regulated product authorisation if you wish to place one of the following product types on the market in GB. Follow the links for specific FSS guidance according to each product type (‘regime’). These pages also link to the relevant guidance and regulations applicable to each regime:
- extraction solvents
- feed additives
- feed for particular nutritional uses (PARNUTS)
- feed detoxification processes
- flavourings
- food additives
- food contact materials
- food enzymes
- genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as food and feed
- irradiated food
- novel foods
- smoke flavourings
- precision bred organisms (PBOs)
In addition, if you wish to apply for an authorisation of a cannabidiol (CBD) product you can find more information in our CBD guidance.
If you wish to apply for an authorisation of a cell-cultivated product (CCP) you can find more information in our CCP guidance.
Existing authorisations
If your product or process was authorised by the European Commission (EC) before 1st January 2021 and the necessary legislation applies, that authorisation remains valid in GB.
Placing your product on the Northern Ireland market
Applicants wishing to place regulated products (excluding feed additives) on the Northern Ireland market continue to follow the EU authorisation process. However, regulated products authorised in GB may also be placed on the Northern Ireland market, provided they are eligible for, and are moved through, the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS). Feed additives are ineligible to be moved through NIRMS. Feed additives placed on the Northern Ireland market are assessed by EFSA. If there is any difference in approach, this is managed through the relevant provisional Common Frameworks.