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21 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Former Justice Minister Andrew Little (right) was charged with putting into practice NZ First leader Winston Peters wish for a waka jumping law. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Former Justice Minister Andrew Little (right) was charged with putting into practice NZ First leader Winston Peters wish for a waka jumping law. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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The Detail, Emile Donovan speaks to Mitchell, and to Mark Honeychurch from the Society for Science-based Healthcare, about the lax regulations and enforcement of natural medications in New Zealand. Our rules around medications and supplements is a matter of language. If you re selling a product which claims to have a therapeutic purpose - as in, something that will cure or correct an ailment - it falls under the Medicines Act of 1981, and must meet stringent requirements. In order to sell a pill which you say nullifies headaches, you have to prove it does, in fact, nullify headaches. However, if you re hawking a supplement which you claim is an innovative combination of ingredients which can boost the body s ability to stave off common ailments and reduce the likelihood of headaches, regulation is much thinner on the ground.