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How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
Check the tariff classification for rooibos tea.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
From 1 January 2014 herbal smoking products will have Tobacco Products Duty charged on them unless they are to be used exclusively for medical purposes.
A list of herbal medicines currently holding a traditional herbal registration (THR) granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration including a list of banned ingredients and granted herbal medicines.
How traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines will be treated by the MHRA.
Information on herbal medicines, how to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR), banned or restricted herbal ingredients, homeopathic medicines and fees.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
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