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) A non-alcoholic beverage is understood as any liquid, natural or transformed, thatprovides to the body elements for its nutrition;c) Raw material. Substance or product of any origin that is used in the preparation offood and non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverages;d) Additive. Any permitted substance that, without having nutritive properties, isincluded in the formulation of food products and that acts as a stabilizer, preservative,or modifier of its organoleptic properties and contributes to its stability,preservation, appearance, or acceptability;e) Food supplements. Products based on herbs, plant extracts, traditional foods, dehydratedor concentrated fruits, with or without added vitamins or minerals, that canbe supplied in pharmaceutical form for the purpose of increasing total diet intake,to complement it, or supplement one of its components. 14188C H A P T E R X4.6.4. Other productsThe LGS also addresses the granting of authorizations for the sale of the following productsand other sanitary regulations applicable thereto: perfumery and beauty, cleaningproducts, pesticides, plant nutrients, and toxic or hazardous substances and biotechnologyproducts.4.6.4.1. Perfumery and beauty productsFor purposes of the LGS, perfumery and beauty products 15 are considered the following:a) Products of any origin, regardless of their physical state, used to change the naturalodor of the human body;b) Products or preparations for external use intended to preserve or improve personalappearance;c) Products or preparations used for personal hygiene;d) Repellants applied directly to the skin.Products to decrease or increase the physical size of parts of the body or to change thebody’s proportions that contain hormones, vitamins, or substances with therapeuticaction in general to which this action is attributed will not be considered beauty productsbut rather medicines and shall be subject to the rules of the LGS applicable to medicines.__________14The SSA will determine which products, including those that are used in special food regimens, can be attributedwith particular nutritive properties, based on their composition. When the Ministry of Health recognizestherapeutic properties in them, they will be considered medicines.Foods or beverages to be sold to the public in circumstances that suggest to the consumer that theproduct has therapeutic properties must include on their labels the legend: “This product has no medicinalproperties.”15No therapeutic action can be attributed to perfumery and beauty products, either in the name, indications,instructions for use, or advertising.