An overview of the functionalities provided by the Advanced search
By Clicking on the Advanced Filters, additional search filters will be displayed, these filters are:
- Search Type: Specifies how the search will be performed by the system. The 2 options are:
- Smart Search, expands the search to all applicable substances and products (e.g. "Apple" will also include "Fruits", "Pome fruits", "Crab apples", "Fresh apples", etc.).
- Keyword-based search, limits the search to only the substances or products selected in the filter.
- Regulatory Type: Regulations but also voluntary standards often indicates restrictions without a pre-defined numerical value but address it the use or incidental presence of a substance, compound or ingredient within the principle of "Good Manufacturing Practice" or "GMP", therefore the 2 values are:
- Regulation, it means a restriction that has a precise and mandatory indication
- Good Manufacturing Practice, it means a restriction that has not specific value but its usage/presence should be within the principle of GMP, often defined in Quality standards
- Regulatory Status: it allows to filter for restrictions that are archived or still in a draft regulation, values are:
- Draft, it means the restriction has been published but yet to be adopted, i.e. a new compound that is published on a gazette with 6 months adoption period
- In Force, it is a currently the restriction valid.
- No Longer in Force, it is the historical value not anymore valid, for example if a draft restriction becomes in force, the previous record is moved to No longer in force.
- Restriction Type: Offers 3 possible values which encompass the possible cases encountered in regulations around the world
- Restriction, it means a substance, ingredient or element that comes with a maximum or minimum limit value, such as 0.01 mg/kg as the Maximum Residue limit for a certain pesticide in a given product
- Exemption, it means a record that have been exempted from the regulation, for example, Testosterone in Canada is in the list of exempted Veterinary Drugs and thus does not have specific residue limits.
- Ban, it means a record in the regulation that specify "no tolerance" and thus no detectable traces of such a substance, compound or ingredients should be present in the product.
