Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 23 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.

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FOOD SUPPLEMENTS AND MEDICINAL PRODUCTS

That this House notes that the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive and the Medicinal Products for Human Use Directive have recently been passed into European law; believes that these Directives and the Food Supplements Directive together place unnecessary restrictions upon the choice exercised by British consumers of vitamins and minerals; further believes that many restrictions are for the sake of European harmonisation rather than public safety; notes the misgivings of the British food supplements industry over the prohibitive costs of compiling complex dossiers defending their products from bans, which have been estimated by the Government to be between ??80,000 and ??250,000 per product; further notes that the Government must now translate the directives into British law by producing new legislation; and calls upon the Government when framing domestic legislation, to address the concerns of consumers, who continue to use food supplements safely, and of manufacturers, who fear debilitating restrictions placed upon their business.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

44 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Complementary medicine EU action Minerals Vitamins Herbal medicine

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk