Under the new EU rules on medicaments the category of 'non medicinal 
curative substance' has been abolished.

Ruary
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>
> So far in the UK OA has been categorised as a "non-medicinal curative 
> substance", a sort of recognition that, despite the well established and 
> safe use of OA, the cost of formal registration as a medicine will never 
> be met by beekeepers or industry.
>
> The Irish authorities take a much more stringent view of these matters, 
> and the UK situation could change.
>

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