CHC Pressures European Officials to Halt Supplement Bans

LONDONCampaign group Consumers for Health Choice (CHC) held a series of meetings with European Parliament members in an attempt to halt plans that would ban safe, high-strength vitamin and mineral supplements.

CHC visited Brussels this week to urge members of European Parliament (MEPs) to support consumer choice and pressure officials to reconsider their proposals.

CHC was supported by MEPs from a wide range of political parties, who agreed with CHCs warnings that banning safe, high-potency supplements will cause consumers to use unregulated sources of supply, such as the Internet.

I was pleased to see the depth of support amongst MEPs for CHCs position," said Michael Peet, chair of CHC. "All the Parliamentarians agreed that there is simply no reason to ban supplements that consumers across the EU have safely used for many, many years. For too many years, consumers and the small businesses and retailers in this sector have had these proposals hanging over themits time to shelve plans to ban higher-potency supplements for good."

MEPs who met with CHC will write to commission officials, submitting written questions in the European Parliament and tweeting messages of support for the CHC campaign.

CHC is stepping up its campaign for next Mays elections to the European Parliament, and it is already building up databases of candidates around the Union so consumers can express their concerns and learn about candidates' plans to defend consumer choice. CHC Directors are also planning the next stages in the development of CHCs social media campaign to voice its message to a wider audience.

CHC recently addressed U.K. supplement regulations rumors, which indicated officials were urging Prime Minister David Cameron to go against statutory regulations of herbal practitioners.