CLEAR CHECK®

Trusted. Respected. Valued.

Navigating a complex regulatory landscape can be challenging, but having expert guidance makes all the difference. That’s where CLEAR CHECK® comes in – designed to support and inform businesses on achieving compliance for natural health industry.

Each year, hundreds of companies rely on CLEAR CHECK® for specialist, cost-effective advice, including labels, marketing materials, and promotional content and any business-to-consumer communication materials intended for use in the public domain, podcast advertisement reviews and regulatory support for pet supplements and animal feed.

As an added benefit, HFMA members enjoy a heavily reduced hourly rate.

For expert advice...

“CLEAR CHECK® has evolved over many years, whilst regulations around food, food supplements and botanicals have been shaped and formed. For this reason, we have in-depth knowledge about why and how Regulatory requirements exist as they are. This gives us key insights around what can, or cannot be said, within Regulatory Requirements.”

Gwyneth Massey

For all kinds of queries and questions...

“People come to CLEAR CHECK® with many different questions, ranging from complex, and often idiosyncratic, technical and regulatory queries to requests for advice about label content. Assisting companies of all shapes and sizes, on a daily basis, helps us stay sharp and on top of our game. No matter what challenge the industry is faced with, CLEAR CHECK® is equipped, determined and well positioned to find a solution.”

Bríd Clesham

For help and support...

“CLEAR CHECK® actively produces Guidance Notes to help inform people about the current regulatory position in all kinds of areas: Allergens, Country of Origin, or Health Claims. We are mindful that information changes all the time, and this is communicated to HFMA members on a regular basis. Our webinars are also a chance to update knowledge and to meet others working within regulatory fields in the industry.”

Jenny Carson

I’d like to speak with the CLEAR CHECK® Team…

Primary Authority Partnership

Surrey and Buckinghamshire Trading Standards have assessed HFMA CLEAR CHECK® service for its food standards support and concluded that “The quality level has been independently reviewed and in our opinion is likely to provide users of those services with a defence of ‘having taken all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence’. Please contact HFMA CLEAR CHECK® for further details.

HFMA has partnered with Vale of Glamorgan Council Trading Standards to support our members based in Wales. For more details, please contact HFMA CLEAR CHECK.

Guidance Notes

HFMA Members have access to the Guidance Notes.

Guidance Notes are compiled by CLEAR CHECK® and the Advisers of the HFMA as an aid to understanding the requirements of relevant legislation.

Guidance Notes Available to Non-Members:

Food Supplements Presentation to the UK Market

Guidance Notes Available to HFMA Members:

Allergen labelling
Beauty Claims
Best practice standard for food supplements providing bacterial strains
Calculation of vitamins
Composition of foods
Composition of food supplements
Consumer Guide to Labelling Nutrient Reference Values on Children’s Products in the UK
Contaminants in food supplements
Cosmetic products
Country of Origin Labelling
EC Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims (NHCR) Guidance
EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation
Flavourings, definitions, use of natural
Food additives function categories
Food labelling Guidelines
Food labelling Guidelines Ingredients Listing Update
Food labelling versus food supplement labelling
Food supplements, claims
Food supplements, consumer advertising reminders
Food Supplements – Guidance on the menopause and associated claims
Food supplements ingredients listing & product information layout
Food supplements labelling
Food Supplements Presentation to the UK Market
Free from claims
GM Free & non-GMO claims
Herbs in the UK THR registrations
HFMA guidelines for maximum nutrient supplement levels
Labelling statements relating to absence or reduced presence of gluten
Labelling of glucosamine containing food supplements
Labelling of food supplements providing phytosterols-phytostanols
Labelling requirements for six artificial colours
Mandatory & voluntary label statements & cautions, food supplements
Medical Device Guidance
MHRA Final Determination and Urgent Notices
Movement of Goods
Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOHS) in Foods and Food Supplements
Minimum font size EU Reg 1169/2011
Not for EU: Assessing the Impact of ‘Not for EU’ Labelling
Nutrient definitions for nutrition labelling
Nutrition labelling energy conversion factors
Nutrition Labelling for Food
Omission of certain ingredients from an ingredients list
Post-Transition Food and Food Supplement Labelling Changes
Quantity marking guidelines
Vitamin & mineral advisory statements for food supplements
Vitamin & mineral reference intakes (NRVs)
Vitamin A levels in food supplements
Vitamins, minerals & sources permitted in food supplements