Let’s be honest—regulatory documents aren’t exactly light reading. They’re long, full of legal jargon, and hard to navigate even for experts.
But food regulations are complex for a reason. They protect public health, support trade, and respond to evolving risks. For professionals working with these frameworks every day—regulators, legal analysts, scientists—keeping up can be overwhelming.
That’s why the EFRA project explores a simple question: what if working with food law felt more like having a conversation?
SGS Digicomply AI Copilot is a tool that lets users ask plain-language questions about food regulations and receive structured, cited answers drawn from official documents. Instead of scanning lengthy PDFs, users could ask things like “Is titanium dioxide still allowed in supplements?” and get clear results with jurisdictional context and legal references.
The Copilot is part of the broader SGS Digicomply platform, which continuously monitors global legislation, guidance documents, incidents, and scientific literature—creating a living database enriched by expert validation.
In the EFRA context, this chat-based interface helped participants reduce the time spent on document retrieval and focus more on interpretation and decision-making. While AI doesn’t replace expertise, it can dramatically reduce the friction of applying it.
As regulatory environments grow more complex, tools like this point to a future where accessing food law is not just faster—but more intuitive, inclusive, and actionable.
