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Regulation of herbals - divergence between the USA and Europe by Peter Berry Ottaway.
When considering the regulatory approaches to the sale of herbs as dietary supplements, it soon becomes evident that the USA and Europe are on diverging rather than converging paths. And the differences are becoming so great that it is unlikely that the two continents will achieve compatibility in the sale of herbal products within the next five years.
The passing of the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act by the US Congress in October 1994 not only created a defined product category of dietary supplements, but also included herbal and botanical components in the list of permitted dietary supplement ingredients. As DSHEA makes no distinction between the types of herbs or botanicals that can be used in supplements, a wide range of products has entered the market in the USA and are responsible for a considerable proportion of the market's growth over the past five years.
The situation in Europe, however, is totally different. As yet, there is no definition of a dietary supplement in European law or in the laws of most of the member states of the European Union. Depending on the…
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