Medical Doctors

MODALITY: MEDICAL DOCTORS

Legislative Risks

Medical doctors practising natural healthcare are in the process of being affected by the following EU law.

Click on the links below to read about how this legislation may affect you:

Food Supplements Directive
    ANH summary
    ANH briefing paper FSD / General
    ANH briefing paper FSD / MPLs
ANH position paper on MPLs (Oct 2007): "MPLs Not Fit for Purpose"
    ANH article (Jan 2008) "Why should we be concerned about MPLs?"

Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive
ANH summary
ANH briefing paper THMPD

Human Medicinal Products Directive
ANH summary

Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
ANH summary
ANH briefing paper NHCR

Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulation
ANH summary

Foodstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Uses (Parnuts) Directive
ANH summary

Medical Devices Directive
European Commission summary
ANH summary

Scientific Risks

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Media Risks

Recent negative publicity that may affect your business includes:
Daily Mail headline 16/04/08: ''Can vitamins do you harm?'' Supplements may even shorten your life, claim scientists’’. This came from a review published by Cochrane Collaboration.

Click here to read ANH’s rebuttal.

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