The MHRA has launched a consultation document, MLX318: Consultation on proposed Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee , inviting comments on updated proposals for the creation of a new advisory committee on herbal medicines. It is proposed that the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee should be established as a Section 4 committee under the Medicines Act 1968. This Committee would advise Ministers directly on areas for which the Committee is responsible. It is proposed that the Committee's remit would be the registration scheme to be introduced under the Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products and unlicensed herbal medicines. The closing date for comments is 22 April 2005; the outcome will be published on the MHRA website when available.
Regulation of unlicensed herbal remedies in the United Kingdom made up to meet the needs of individual patients and statutory regulation of herbalists.
The above MHRA consultation was published in conjunction with a related consultation by the Department of Health on the regulation of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture Practitioners. The Department of Health consultation: 'Regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture - proposals for statutory regulation' was followed up with a summary of responses in February 2005.
, inviting comments on updated proposals for the creation of a new advisory committee on herbal medicines. It is proposed that the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee should be established as a Section 4 committee under the Medicines Act 1968. This Committee would advise Ministers directly on areas for which the Committee is responsible. It is proposed that the Committee's remit would be the registration scheme to be introduced under the Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products and unlicensed herbal medicines. The closing date for comments is 22 April 2005; the outcome will be published on the MHRA website when available.