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Focus Altern Complement Ther 2003; 8: 96
The British Health Minister, Lord Hunt, assured representatives of the herbal sector at a meeting at the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) that regulation of herbal medicinal products would boost public confidence in the sector. The proposed directive on traditional herbal medicinal products will require manufacturers to provide evidence of at least 30 years of traditional use of a product. Following a broad assessment of 270 herbal ingredients, the MCA has initially concluded that only a small number of herbal products could be banned under the proposed European directive and that only two or three cases would have a problem in demonstrating traditional use.
