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Ayurvedic medicines face EU ban from May 1 [1]

LONDON: A ban on sale of Ayurvedic and other herbal medicines will take effect across Europe from May 1 following a European Union directive introduced as a response to growing concern over adverse effects of such alternative medicines.

Users and promoters of such medicines have called the EU directive, called the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive, 2004/24/EC,

Publication Date: 
04/02/2011
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Herbal Medcine [3], Health Care [4], European Union (EU) [5], India [6]
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