MP
for the Gosport constituency, Peter Viggers, has called
on local residents to sign an online petition to save the
vitamins and mineral tablets used by millions of British
people.
Under
the new European Food Supplements Directive, vitamins and
mineral tablets used by millions of Britons are set to
become illegal once recently passed European law has come
into force. This is not for safety reasons, but in the
name of "European harmonisation".
Conservatives have launched an online petition, working
in partnership with the pressure group Consumers for Health
Choice, who are distributing postcards and posters to online
health food stores.
Peter
said, "The Government has disappointed many users of these
supplements
by rubber-stamping the badly-drafted European Food Supplements
Directive. It is too late to reverse that decision, but
it is not too late to change the way that the laws will
be enforced, and the small print of the legislation. It
is still possible to save many vitamin and health supplements
which people have been using safely for years. I have spoken
to a number of constituents who are extremely concerned
that their choice will be restricted by the introduction
of this legislation.
"I
call upon local residents to sign our e-petition at www.conservatives.com/vitamins.
With the help of the public, we can try to force Ministers to preserve
access to these products on behalf of the consumer." |
