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assessments

The Novel Foods Unit of the MEB decides, on evaluating the marketing authorisation application prepared by the applicant, whether a homeopathic product is safe and complies with current quality standards for the manufacture of a medicinal product.

Some of the requirements are specific to the homeopathic nature of the medicinal product (such as the dilution factor), but assessment of quality is based to a considerable extent on the same standards as for non-homeopathic medicinal products. The quality of both the raw material and the mother tincture are determined. The consumer is thereby guaranteed a safe homeopathic product of consistent quality. The consumer can also assume that the package leaflet contains accurate, balanced information. This also applies when different homeopathic stocks are used, which is common in homeopathic medicine.

These principles are upheld by homeopathic prescribers, the manufacturers' association and the homeopathic consumer organisation.

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