Product Registration in Dubai

Product registration in Dubai

Dubai provides several lucrative opportunities for merchants to manufacture, import, export, and distribute various products. The products range from food and health products, cosmetics, and many other manufacturing segments. The government in the UAE has made it obligatory to register every product before doing business with them. The existing law applies to all the products manufactured and distributed in Dubai.

What is Product Registration?

Product registration means getting a product evaluated for its quality and safe usage by consumers. Food products, health products, and cosmetic products are specific categories of products we humans use in our daily lives. Like for instance, food products include all edible items consumed by humans. Similarly, cosmetic products are applied to the face, skin, hair, or body.

It is imperative that all these products pass the safety test and at the same time get approvals from relevant authorities such as CPSS or the Consumer Products Safety Section. Registration validity is for five years. 

The documents required for product registration are as follows:

• Registration Certificate of a manufacturing company
• Laboratory test report of the concerned product
• Free Sales certificate
• Product analysis report

Why is Product Registration Compulsory in UAE?

The product must be registered with the municipality, for example, the Dubai Municipality, before it gets launched in the market.

A product needs to be registered in the UAE, including Dubai for the following reasons:

• To reduce or eliminate the trading of harmful and artificial products
• The ensure consumer safety.
• To ensure product quality is maintained.
• To prevent duplication of products and their commercialization.

Steps for Product Registration in Dubai

The manufacturing company must be a registered company in the UAE to register a product. The company should have a trade license for the products it deals in, for example, cosmetics or health supplements.    

Some conditions and steps for product registration in the UAE 

• Company Formation- only those companies based out of the UAE Free Zone or Dubai can register their products. A manufacturing company must locally carry out its business activity in Dubai Municipality.
• Registration of the company set up in Dubai or UAE free Zone is required.
• All documents about the concerned product need to be submitted to the Dubai Municipality for product assessment. The sample of the concerned product is submitted to the CPSS. The Label Assessment report consisting of the product description is then issued.

What is the Benefit of Product Registration? 

The purpose of product registration is to make the consumers feel safe. It also helps customers in grievance redressal if dissatisfied. 

It is also beneficial for companies manufacturing the product. 

• Brand and label protection
• Import and export rights
• The product easily allowed to trade throughout GCC
• High product quality compliance for registration and weeding out unhealthy and fake products.  

Business consultants at Absher Business Consultancy have extensive experience as far as product registration is concerned in Dubai. The consultants provide necessary assistance to get the product registration completed. It includes reviewing product labels following the Dubai Cosmetics Regulation and guidelines. Experts assist in other liaison work with laboratories and other agencies in the registration process.