Supplement packaging for Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia

WHO's list (March 2021) is written for medicines; for supplements it is a reference. "Confirmed" lines came from a regional group or the regulator; square brackets mark an estimate by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA). The zone is our reading of the condition. Apostille status follows the table of the Hague Conference (HCCH) as of 30 June 2026; an apostille works between two parties unless one has objected to the other's accession, and your importer confirms it.

Who registers a supplement in Egypt?

Your importer or another local applicant; your importer also confirms which Egyptian authority handles your product. Decree 572/2022 defines a category registered only by the EDA and circulating only in licensed pharmaceutical establishments; your importer confirms whether your supplement falls in it.

What must the carton and the blister foil carry for Egypt?

Arabic and English, on the outer and the inner pack. The decree's executive procedures (GL.CAPP.035) list in the section headed Cards: trade name, active ingredients, form, number of units, storage conditions, company and site, logo, EDA registration number, batch number, and production and expiry dates; the price goes on the outer pack.

For an inner pack made of aluminium, the product name, the pharmaceutical form and the company name or logo are enough. On a blister, that minimum would sit on the printed lidding foil and the other data on the carton, if the EDA reads your blister this way; your importer confirms it.

For an imported product, the procedures also ask for a commitment to add the importer's name, address and telephone number in Arabic, the price and the registration number. Plan the carton artwork with room for them. The procedures also ask the company to submit a product leaflet with the file.

On our blister cartons, the expiry date is printed with the carton or applied as the blisters are packed, not stuck on; the batch number is on the carton too.

Which documents does Egypt ask for, and who certifies them?

A certificate of pharmaceutical product (CPP), certified by an Egyptian embassy or consulate, or a free sale certificate, whose route your importer confirms. The procedures also expect the product to be on the market in a reference country under the same name and composition, and ask for a stability study and an analysis of the imported batch. The certificate comes from an authority in the country of origin or, where the EDA's rules ask for it, in a reference country; your importer confirms which.

The procedures define the manufacturer as a licensed factory that meets the good manufacturing requirements the EDA approves. The plant's GMP certification is for food supplements; ask your importer how the EDA treats it.

The EDA's 2022 stability guideline, written for pharmaceutical products, places Egypt in zone IVa; see climatic zones by country and hot and humid markets.

How is a supplement registered for Morocco, and what goes on the pack?

By prior registration with AMMPS, Morocco's medicines and health products agency; the imported pack then carries the registration number and the importer's name and address. A July 2026 press report citing ONSSA, the food safety office, bases this on joint circular No. 834 of 14 November 2023, with ONSSA on the technical committee. Your importer or a local applicant files; plan the carton artwork with room for the number and the importer's details.

The label language is not settled for supplements. A USDA report of May 2023, before the circular, says Order 1379-10 of 2010 exempts food supplements from Morocco's Arabic labelling requirement, and that for food the importer may add an Arabic sticker after arrival with ONSSA's approval if the importer shows the supplier cannot print Arabic. Your importer confirms whether AMMPS expects Arabic, French or both.

For food supplements, a 2025 USDA report lists a certificate of conformity or a laboratory analysis showing the contents match the label, and proof of registration with the health ministry; whether our Certificate of Analysis serves is for your importer to judge.

According to the Moroccan press, Law 27-26, adopted at the end of June 2026, reserves certain food supplements to the pharmacy channel; an implementing decree is still to set which. Your importer confirms where your product stands.

Can I sell supplements in Algeria?

Only once your importer confirms the rules in force, because Algeria is rewriting them. Law 18-11 of 2018 treats part of the range as pharmaceutical products requiring registration, and in April 2026 the press reported that the government had reviewed a draft decree on specifications, permitted vitamins and minerals and maximum doses. The HCCH table gives the apostille from 9 July 2026; confirm with your importer.

What applies in Tunisia?

No specific law covers supplements yet, so your importer confirms the authority, the label language and the documents. A parliamentary committee examined a bill in March 2026, and in May the pharmacists' union asked for health ministry control.

What we supply and what your importer confirms

Filing in these countries is your importer's or a local applicant's step, not ours. The manufacturing group behind HYPERPHARM already supplies many clients in Africa.

From us

• Supplements under your brand, from a ready-made formula or your own.
• Tablets, capsules and softgels sealed in blisters on an Uhlmann B 1240 and cartoned on an IMA IC 150, one kind of tablet or capsule per blister (blister packing).
• We lay out and print the carton to the label rules of your market, which your importer confirms, and print the lidding foil with your brand. Artwork you already have can be used instead.
• Batch number and expiry date on the carton; standard shelf life 24 months, stated in the product documents (shelf life and storage).
• Certificate of Analysis and specification with each batch; copies of the plant's certificates with their numbers on request. ISO 22000 and HACCP certified, GMP certified for food supplements, registered with the FDA as a food facility (quality).
• Where the country of sale asks for documents to be legalised, legalisation is arranged as well.
• Samples before an order and a plant visit on request; delivery worldwide, EXW by default, FCA or DAP on request.

From your importer

• The authority, the filing and the label rules, including whether a sticker is allowed.
• The registration number, the importer's details and, for Egypt, the price.
• What the file needs from the country of origin, such as a free sale certificate or CPP (export documents).

What your product decides

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Questions buyers ask about Egypt and the Maghreb

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