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Kava: Regulation

Commons · Question 64992 · Tabled 4 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the scientific evidence underpinning the prohibition of kava-kava under the Medicines for Human Use (Kava-kava) (Prohibition) Order

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 10 Jul 2025

The UK Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3170 The Medicines for Human use (Kava-kava) (Prohibition) Order 2002 prohibits the sale, supply, and importation of Kava-kava for use in unlicensed medicines in the United Kingdom. The Prohibition Order was reviewed a...