Therapeutic Products And Medicines Bill
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 3:25 pm
Press Release: Natural Products
MEDIA ALERT
12 December 2006
Therapeutic Products And Medicines
Bill
The Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill is being
debated in Parliament this afternoon.
If the Government
has sufficient support to pass this bill today, it will then
go to a Select Committee and then public submissions will be
invited.
Natural Products New Zealand (NPNZ), the industry
body representing a significant proportion of New Zealand
natural health product manufacturers and marketers, is in
support of the joint agency since most of the industry
concerns have been addressed and the Government’s offer of
a support package last month.
Its members include small,
medium and large health supplement manufacturers and
marketers. (Do not assume that all small companies are
against this bill being introduced.)
NPNZ is concerned
about the amount of misinformation and scaremongering that
has been circulating in a bid to stop the bill being
introduced.
ENDS
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