Transitional Period for Sales of Traditional Herbal Medicine in the UK Has Come to an End / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

The regulations of unregistered herbal medicine had important changes in the UK after the EU Directive 2004/24/EC promulgation. British Drugs Act was amended to allow the sale of unregistered herbal medicine by registered practitioners, however, the regulations about the register of parishioners has not been issued yet. At the same time, the unregistered herbal medicine can be sold during the transitional period. But as problems about unregistered herbal medicine security appeared frequently, MHRA decided that the deadline for transitional period was April 30, 2014 through the consulting from all sectors of society. Therefore, the TCM practitioners in the UK cannot sell, and even have no right to sell unregistered herbal medicine after this date, which will bring a huge obstacle on the TCM development in the UK.