Is further Legal Action anticipated?
A. That is not an easy question to answer but it is certainly a possibility. In response to the Commissions invitation for comment on the setting of dose levels, CHC has pulled no punches. CHC submission states Any restriction on the sale of supplements for reasons other than a threat to public health constitute an infringement of consumer choice, a distortion of the single market, would be challengeable in the European Court of Justice, and would bring the European Union into disrepute.