FOOD SUPPLEMENTS AND COMPETITION FROM THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

That this House welcomes the progress made by the governments of Guernsey and Jersey in addressing unfair and illegal competition in the trade in food supplements and herbal remedies from the Channel Islands; hopes that priority will now be given by the Islands' governments to the implementation and enforcement of the Food Supplements Directive, the Nutrition and Health Claim Regulation and the Medicines Directive; further welcomes the assurances given by those governments that they will fully implement that legislation; further hopes that the new UK Government will continue to engage in addressing these issues and will provide the Channel Islands' governments with support and practical assistance; remains concerned that businesses from the Channel Islands continue to market directly to the UK mainland products which contain illegal ingredients or which are promoted using illegal claims thus jeopardising consumer safety; observes that this situation will not be resolved as long as the required food legislation is not fully implemented and enforced in either Guernsey or Jersey; and calls on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Food Standards Agency, Royal Mail, Advertising Standards Authority, and trading standards officers to continue actively to engage with the authorities in the Channel Islands to secure the effective implementation of the necessary legislation without further delay.