Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements medicines

[Guest guest]

well..if it's garlic powder it's not really good. the good stuff is in the

moisture of the garlic. I feel guilty when I use the powder in food, butit's

so easy.

Blessings,

Chanda

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" Rick Stevens " <ecology1st2004

<ecology1st2004

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:15 AM

Germany taken to court for calling garlic

supplements medicines

 

 

>

> [unbelievable how much power the drug company's have.

> We voters have to be insane to vote for any politician

> that takes money from the big drug company's. It wont

> be long before they try to take vitamins off our

> shelves here in the U.S. if we don't stop them. Garlic

> is a great supplement, if they'll attack it, they'll

> attack just about any supplement. Rick.]

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> Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements

> medicines

> Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:28:31 -0000

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> Croft Woodruff

> Friday, March 18, 2005 8:51 PM

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> The bureaucratic insanity starts here...Zeus

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> Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements

> medicines

> 18/03/2005 - Germany is being taken to court by the

> European Commission for treating garlic supplements as

> medicines.

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> In a Commission statement, vice-president Günter

> Verheugen, responsible for Enterprise, Industry and

> the Free Movement of Goods, said the case was a 'clear

> cut' example of national over regulation creating

> unnecessary burdens for business and hampering

> economic growth in the EU.

>

> Garlic preparations, such as capsules containing pure

> dried garlic powder, are marketed as foodstuffs in

> another member state. German classification of the

> supplements as medicines therefore constitutes a

> disproportionate and unnecessary obstacle to the free

> movement of goods under EU law, said the Commission.

>

> The case also points to recent legislation that was

> expected to clear up some of the confusion over the

> borderline between food supplements and medicinal

> products.

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[Guest guest]

[unbelievable how much power the drug company's have.

We voters have to be insane to vote for any politician

that takes money from the big drug company's. It wont

be long before they try to take vitamins off our

shelves here in the U.S. if we don't stop them. Garlic

is a great supplement, if they'll attack it, they'll

attack just about any supplement. Rick.]

 

 

Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements

medicines

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:28:31 -0000

 

Croft Woodruff

Friday, March 18, 2005 8:51 PM

 

The bureaucratic insanity starts here...Zeus

 

Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements

medicines

18/03/2005 - Germany is being taken to court by the

European Commission for treating garlic supplements as

medicines.

 

In a Commission statement, vice-president Günter

Verheugen, responsible for Enterprise, Industry and

the Free Movement of Goods, said the case was a ‘clear

cut’ example of national over regulation creating

unnecessary burdens for business and hampering

economic growth in the EU.

 

Garlic preparations, such as capsules containing pure

dried garlic powder, are marketed as foodstuffs in

another member state. German classification of the

supplements as medicines therefore constitutes a

disproportionate and unnecessary obstacle to the free

movement of goods under EU law, said the Commission.

 

The case also points to recent legislation that was

expected to clear up some of the confusion over the

borderline between food supplements and medicinal

products.

 

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Information Service.

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[Guest guest]

We've been having a campaign over here as the EU laws will take some

supplements off the shelf altogether and limit the amounts in others. Boron

will not be available, and yet it is one of the best supplements to take for

bone density! I'm not sure what else it will affect.

 

Jo

 

Germany taken to court for calling garlic supplements

medicines