THNA STATEMENT ON THE DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL REGULATIONS OF 2017
SUMMARY The natural health product industry in South Africa has been alerted to a draft amendment notice in the government gazette, attempting to amend the ultra-vires “complementary medicine” provisions. The notice specifies a 30-day comment period, which conflicts with the minimum three-month comment period mandated by Section 35(2) of the Medicines and Related Substances Act. The Minister of Health was granted 12 months by the Supreme Court of Appeal to address the unconstitutionality and unlawfulness... Read More