Knowledge and Research Center for Alternative Medicine (ViFAB).

ViFAB is a center under the Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention.

Herbal and Dietary Supplements

Herbal and dietary supplements is the designation of a range of products, which have in common their status as medicine belonging under the Danish Medicines Act.

In the Danish Medicines Act there exist four types of herbal and dietary supplements:

Internal linkHerbal medicinal products

Internal linkStrong vitamin and mineral preparations

Internal linkTraditional botanical medicinal products

Internal linkHomeopathic medicinal products

Dietary Supplements

Some dietary supplements fall within a special category of products, which differ from the above in that they are not authorized medicinal products.

Internal linkDietary supplements

Dietary supplements are regulated under the Food Act and are registered by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.

Last updated 20-05-2008