HC Deb 12 February 2002 vol 380 c337W
Mr. Edwards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his policy on the European Directive on dietary supplements. [35053]

Yvette Cooper

We are firmly committed to the view that, in the interests of consumer choice, the law should allow food supplements, which are safe and properly labelled to be freely marketed. The proposed directive would establish a framework for harmonised controls on vitamin and mineral content of food supplements and introduce a number of useful labelling measures.