Herbal Remedies are Going to be Licensed - But That Isn't a Good Reason to Buy Outside the UK

As of the 1st of May this year, all alternative remedies must be licensed.

That does not mean that the herbal remedies that have been on the shelves of your local health food shop for years are going to be banned or unavailable.

It simply means that as of May 1st those remedies can only be manufactured by companies that can afford to purchase a licence to produce and label them in accordance with the new guidelines, and that you will only be able to buy those remedies from outlets that are regularly supplied by those specific manufacturers.

Which, sadly, means that you may no longer be able to buy everything you want from your local healthfood store - which likely buys from smaller manufacturers who will be unable to afford to license what they produce - and will have to go elsewhere, or buy on-line.

Buying elsewhere, or buying on-line, need NOT involve shopping outside the UK or EU. Boots Herbal Stores is not going to disappear, and if you can't find what you're looking for there - try Auravita or Vega Nutritionals .

This EU Directive - like many other EU Directives - has not been thought through, and is bound to put some small businesses in the UK out of business and some people in the UK out of work, but there is no need to make bad worse by rebelling against over-regulation by ordering goods on-line from companies based in countries where there is no regulation at all.

Geoffrey - http://www.metlissbarfield.com/