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Health protection branch targets herbs in new rules
Health Protection Branch proposes amending food regulations to ban sixty four plants and derivatives from sale, listing herbs such as mistletoe pennyroyal barberry camphor comfrey coltsfoot goldenseal St. John s Wort feverfew hawthorn and horsetail as adulterants. The move aims to curb allegedly harmful botanical preparations amid rising interest in herbal medicine.
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Judy Carlson
Health Protection Branch
St.John’s