The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7189 p349-354
16 March 2002

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Vitamins to be restricted?

On 12 March the European Parliament debated a proposal to restrict the sale of high-dose vitamin supplements. Under the proposal, which will bring the United Kingdom into line with the rest of Europe by 2004, supplements available for general sale can only contain vitamins and minerals at concentrations that do not exceed the recommended daily allowance. High-dose preparations will be classified as medicines.