Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard, Phil Collins and a
large number of other high profile celebrities are lining up to oppose
controversial EU legislation that threatens to ban the vast majority of
vitamin and mineral supplements currently on sale in the UK and around the
EU. The extraordinary galaxy of stars supporting the campaign includes many
famous names from the worlds of music, sport and television. The celebrities
are all supporting the rights of EU consumers to purchase a wide range of
food supplements, the availability of which could be jeopardised as a result
of the Food Supplement Directive. Because food supplements are demonstrably
safe, the stars are saying that consumers should have the right to make up
their own minds, without EU interference, about whether to purchase vitamins
and minerals in higher doses than the RDAs. The final vote on the EU Food
Supplement Directive will be taking place in the EU Parliament on March
14th, and media coverage of this story has been almost non-existent.