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March 14, 2021 at 12:48 pm #1225558Up::0
Hi all
I want to import Ayurvedic health food products from overseas and distribute in Australia. I have no prior experience of business so any help will be appreciated. my queries are –
1) Do I need TGA approval as package says – Ayurvedic and also says helps in digestion/helps in cough etc? I emailed TGA with all the details and ingredients in the products but received very general response where they asked me to be decide if the products need TGA approval? how would I know?
2) What other legal formalities I have to do or approvals I have to take before ordering my stuff as I do not want any complications from any department later
3) Do I need to have my own Australian barcode for pricing? can someone please help me.
4) I also want to make online website for selling but not sure how to do and where to start and who can help me.
I know its a long post so sorry in advance
RIPPYApril 8, 2021 at 12:52 pm #1226909Up::0I haven’t heard anything easy about dealing with the TGA. They’re pleasant enough to talk to, though. It’s all down to interpretation, of which you’re initially liable. Hoping someone else can chime in.
1) I’m interested in this as well (not Ayurvedic specifically). Without consulting a lawyer or specialist the most concrete answer wrt. dealing with the TGA that I can surmise is that it’s directly related to the claims you’re making about your product(s). Products I’m looking at selling would require dealing with the TGA if I advertised health claims. However the very same products are already being sold as-is, without health claims, or any claims of the sort (not as supplements, not as food).
2) Again, haven’t consulted anybody, nor an export, but what I can surmise is: If you’re making the product, manufacturing license / cost / inspections. Otherwise TGA approval of some sort where the product is being made / ordered from.
3) Can’t answer this one I’m afraid – creating a barcode is easy enough, at this stage I’m unaware if you’d need to register it anywhere. Actually scrap that, I found this with 5 seconds of Googling for my own curiosity – https://barcodesaustralia.com/barcode-registration/
4) Look at Shopify, again, Google.
May 2, 2021 at 3:50 pm #1227317Up::0Hi below are the some learning from experience (similar product),
1) If product is making any therapeutic claims, you need to have TGA approval.
Alternatively you can import it as food (then you cannot make any therapeutic claims), but its all ingredients need to be fit in FSANZ standards.
I would say before going ahead find some regulatory consulting firm and check out all the ingredients.2) If you brining it as complementary medicine, manufacture must have TGA approved GMP. And trust me from my experience most of the overseas manufactures don’t have one. It take time to acquire one and yearly payment for manufacturing company. Without this you won’t be able to import complementary medicine to Australia.
3) If manufacturing company have used international standards for barcode, it should be unique. Check with them.
4) Shopify will let you up and running in two days.
Hope it helps.
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August 1, 2021 at 8:59 pm #1229817AnonymousInactive- Total posts: 10
Up::0Hi all
I want to import Ayurvedic health food products from overseas and distribute in Australia. I have no prior experience of business so any help will be appreciated. my queries are –
1) Do I need TGA approval as package says – Ayurvedic and also says helps in digestion/helps in cough etc? I emailed TGA with all the details and ingredients in the products but received very general response where they asked me to be decide if the products need TGA approval? how would I know? You will need to make sure the product has FDA approvals and also meet Australian standards. For this various approvals are needed including TGA.
2) What other legal formalities I have to do or approvals I have to take before ordering my stuff as I do not want any complications from any department later : Please refer to my answer for the first questions.
3) Do I need to have my own Australian barcode for pricing? can someone please help me. : Yes or no. Depends on how you want to keep your SKU.
4) I also want to make online website for selling but not sure how to do and where to start and who can help me.
I know its a long post so sorry in advance : This can be sorted.We can help you with all the above including sourcing your product, importing them to Australia for you, handling your international shipping, customs duty and taxes. We can also help you with building your e-comm website.
Please visit us at http://www.useready.com.au . Happy to help.November 6, 2021 at 4:17 pm #1232010AnonymousInactive- Total posts: 1
Up::1Hi all, I am oliver, newbie here. Discussing about overseas food, I can say that most of the packaging foods are good, but it is better to use the organic food that will have zero negative impact on health. Otherwise you can use any kind of food product supplying from overseas area.
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