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Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
How traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines will be treated by the MHRA.
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 import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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.
How the MHRA makes decisions on what is a medicinal product (borderline products).
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
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Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
If your business sells amateur plant protection products (PPPs) in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.
The MHRA will review applications for orphan designation at the time of a marketing authorisation (MA) or variation application.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
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.
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
There are changes to the legislation of Reference Medicinal Products (RMPs) used to support abridged marketing authorisation applications
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