Expertise and background

Areas of expertise include:
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• Food regulatory support, particularly for food supplements and functional foods
• Product development compliance advice (composition, novel foods etc)
• Product shelf-life, including food supplement vitamin stability
• Good manufacturing practice (GMP) advice and support
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) advice and support
• Food / food supplement labelling and advertising, particularly UK and Ireland
• Claims advice: Nutrition and health claims, medicines borderline, other claims
• Troubleshooting advice on product complaints, particularly adverse reactions
• Food supplements training on technical and regulatory issues
• Technical audits of manufacturers and suppliers

All services are tailored to the client’s requirements.

Food Regulatory Support

​For over four decades, BOA has provided advice to trade associations and government on the development of UK and EU food law. The food regulatory consultancy provides support on UK and EU food regulation, particularly on the composition, labelling, advertising and sale in the UK and EU of food supplements, functional foods and their ingredients.

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Food Technology

​BOA advises on food technology, processing, stability and shelf-life from the raw materials to the final products, particularly in relation to food supplements and functional foods and vitamin stability in these products.

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Good Manufacturing Practice​

​BOA has been involved in the preparation of good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines for trade associations and professional organisations in Europe and globally. The consultancy carries out pre-audit assessments and tailored training for food / food supplement companies on implementing GMP and HACCP. ​

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Food Supplements Training

BOA provides tailored food supplement training programmes covering technical and regulatory aspects of all areas of food supplement production, from raw materials to final consumer.

As support for its training operation, the company has also produced, in conjunction with other organisations, guidelines and other information on a range of technical, scientific and regulatory topics. These are available for free download from the relevant trade associations with whom BOA has worked closely over the past decades (see Resources).

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