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How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Information on herbal medicines, how to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR), banned or restricted herbal ingredients, homeopathic medicines and fees.
How traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines will be treated by the MHRA.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
A list of herbal medicines currently holding a traditional herbal registration (THR) granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
A list of herbal ingredients which are banned or restricted for unlicensed medicines.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration including a list of banned ingredients and granted herbal medicines.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
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 comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products and Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee Annual Reports 2016, along with a record of members' interests in the pharmaceutical industry.
The committee advises on the safety and quality of herbal medicines when there's an application for registration, marketing authorisation or product licence.
The MHRA is undertaking a public consultation on proposals to end the 'sell through' of unlicensed herbal remedies legally on market at April 2011.
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