Poland's GIS notification (powiadomienie) for food supplements

To place a food supplement on the Polish market, a business submits a powiadomienie — a notification — to the Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny, the GIS. It's a defined step with real consequences: the GIS can question a product, and how you've prepared the notification and the formula behind it shapes how that goes. Here's what it involves.

The powiadomienie to the GIS

Before first marketing a supplement, the responsible business notifies the GIS, providing the product details and label. The notification registers the product; it isn't an approval. As across the EU, responsibility for compliance stays with the business placing the product on the market.

The GIS can ask questions

Notably, the GIS can open a clarification procedure — questioning whether an ingredient, level, or claim is acceptable, sometimes involving expert bodies. A product whose formula is well-founded and well-documented is far better placed to respond than one assembled without clear reference to permitted ingredients and levels.

Composition and label at the core

The notification turns on the product's composition and label — the ingredients and levels, the declarations, the Polish-language information. A questionable substance, an out-of-range level, or a label that doesn't match the composition is exactly what invites GIS scrutiny. The formula behind the notification has to be sound.

Keeping it current

Reformulation changes the composition and the label, and the notified information has to keep pace. When the label and composition data come from one structured formula, keeping the GIS notification aligned with the actual product is routine rather than a separate manual task.

This is general information, not regulatory or legal advice. National requirements differ across the EU and change over time, so confirm current rules with the relevant authority or a qualified regulatory expert before relying on them.

Where Lemoniq fits

Lemoniq generates the Polish label and the composition data behind a GIS powiadomienie from one structured formula, checks ingredients and levels against reference data, and keeps the notification aligned with the product as the formula changes — so you're ready if the GIS asks questions.

The takeaway

The GIS powiadomienie is a real gate, and the GIS can question a product, so a sound, well-documented composition matters. Generating the label and composition data from one formula is what keeps a Polish notification accurate and defensible over a product's life.

Lemoniq keeps your Polish composition and label aligned for the GIS powiadomienie. See how it works