FAQs

Compliance of the product label can be ensured by implementing the requirements of SASO 1953 (Cosmetic Products – The Cosmetic Product (Safety) Regulations), this and other cosmetic products related standards can be obtained from SASO website at the moment, and in the future from the SFDA website.

It can be ensured that the product to be imported are cosmetic products by implementing the definition of cosmetic products of SASO 1953 (Cosmetic Products – The Cosmetic Product (Safety) Regulations), and it is possible to apply to SFDA to classify whether it requires registration as medicine or not.

​Food poisoning is illness caused by any harmful amount of a natural or contaminating substance in a food, but especially illness caused by some highly infective kinds of bacteria. If not prevented -- as it can be by care and good hygiene -- some kinds of bacteria can grow to large numbers in food and produce toxins (poisons) some of which are difficult to destroy by cooking. Other kinds can cause illness by growing to large numbers in the digestive system. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting, and may last from a few hours to a few days.

means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, in vitro reagent or calibrator, software, material or other similar that Intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings for one or more of the specific purpose(s) of: Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, o Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or handicap,

An organization managing a database of information on safety and/or performance related aspects of medical devices and employing staff capable of taking appropriate action on any confirmed problems.