100 herbs approved
Monday March 21st, 2011
Some 100 herbal medicines have now gained approval from British regulators, it has been announced.
Regulators
said the market in licensed products would be "lively and competitive"
when registration is enforced at the end of next month.
Registration has been introduced following a controversial EU directive seeking to control the quality of herbal products.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said the scheme was helping to weed out products that contained potentially toxic herbs or laboratory-produced pharmaceutical ingredients.
Richard Woodfield, of the MHRA, said: "The growth of the Traditional Herbal Registration scheme means that consumers will have access to a wide choice of over-the-counter herbal medicines made to assured standards.
"The current signs are that the market will be lively and competitive. The key difference for consumers is that in future they will be in the driving seat and able to make an informed choice when they wish to use these medicines."
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