Further Extension Of The Food Supplements Directive

EDM number 1542 in 2008-09, proposed by Linda Riordan on 20/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of EU law and treaties and Food.

That this House continues to have enduring concerns about the setting of maximum permitted levels of vitamins and minerals under the provisions of the EU Food Supplements Directive, a process which threatens the viability of many specialist manufacturers and up to 700 independent retailers whilst also restricting consumer choice; is now gravely alarmed that the majority of EU Member States, including Germany, pressed at a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health held on 27 March 2009 for the scope of the Directive to be further extended to include other substances in addition to vitamins and minerals; notes that such an approach would risk unnecessary and unacceptable maximum permitted levels also being set for a much wider range of supplements including those containing plant ingredients as well as glucosamine, creatine and others; believes that amendment of the Directive is long overdue; and calls on the Government to face up to the challenge and deliver the substantive amendment of this burdensome, unnecessary and bureaucratic legislation before it is too late.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.