ONLINE PETITIONS - Be careful what you are signing!
I was made aware today on my face book wall of an online petition looking for supporters against a new directive to be put in place by the EU in 2011. This online petition had been designed to shock! Have you come across websites, usually American, trying to sell you an ebook, course, CD’s, the style that are full of hypobole, large, brightly coloured type faces, closely followed by the “but wait……” and an offer of something else free before you leave? Well, this ipetition came across to me, a member of the general public and a website designer, as what I call an ‘my homepage made with frontpage’ amateur affair.
Designed only to scare the reader into believing that in 2011 we will no longer be able to buy vitamins, any vitamins, or herbal remedies of any kind. The petition was called ‘the nation speaks - No! Not in my name‘. Shocking statements are made stating, “We are signing, to honour those who fought to protect the freedoms we stand to loose” I will pass on the incorrect grammar, but I will ask the question “who fought, and what did they fight?” Then two further scary words in bold “strict censorship”, designed to scare the reader again.
So what is this rather silly petition all about? In 2004 a new legislation was established to provide a regulatory approval process for herbal medicines in the EU, there was previously nothing formal in place, which meant each EU member state could put their own legislation in place if they wished to. Prior to 2004, anyone could jump on the band wagon and produce herbal medicines with no real control. In short, this means that if were manufacturing a herbal remedy which was already in use prior to 2004 you had until 30th April 2011 to licence that product and fall into line with the 2004 legislation. Any new products since Aptil 2004 could not be marketed without adhering to this EU directive and licensed. Under the 'traditional herbal, medicinal, products directive' a company would need to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the herbal product in question.
So what is this rather silly petition all about? In 2004 a new legislation was established to provide a regulatory approval process for herbal medicines in the EU, there was previously nothing formal in place, which meant each EU member state could put their own legislation in place if they wished to. Prior to 2004, anyone could jump on the band wagon and produce herbal medicines with no real control. In short, this means that if were manufacturing a herbal remedy which was already in use prior to 2004 you had until 30th April 2011 to licence that product and fall into line with the 2004 legislation. Any new products since Aptil 2004 could not be marketed without adhering to this EU directive and licensed. Under the 'traditional herbal, medicinal, products directive' a company would need to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the herbal product in question.
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