UK kava action
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicines Control Agency will take until Sept. 27 to consult on a proposal that would prohibit sale, supply, importation of unlicensed medicinal products containing kava, agency says July 18; consultation document will be available on 1MCA Web site this week. For products with marketing authorizations, Committee on Safety of Medicines will issue a final report after considering comments from kava marketers. UK supplement industry agreed in December to pull kava supplements from store shelves while MCA reviewed herbal's safety (2"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 24, 2001, p. 14)...