mercredi 3 septembre 2014

South Africa regulates CAM products

Very occassionally government manages to produce legislation that actually makes sense:



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From the article:


Quote:








CAMs used in alternative medical disciplines such as homeopathy, naturopathy, Ayurveda, osteopathy, phytotherapy and aromatherapyare included in a new category of regulated medicines, called category D.



All existing and new CAMs must be submitted to the MCC* for safety, quality and efficacy assessment and registration.



All category D medicines must be appropriately labelled and any product not registered with the MCC must carry a label declaring: “This medicine has not been evaluated by the Medicines Control Council. This medicine is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease”.



Of course the industry has erupted into a rage-filled sea of indignation and are suing the minister of health. Personally I think this legislation is long overdue - especially the mandated warning labels.



What do you think? Does your country have similar legislation? Does this make sense?



*MCC - Medicines Control Council





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