As previously advised, under the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007, as amended, a medicinal product cannot be placed on the market in Ireland unless it has a marketing authorisation from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or a community marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Any product which makes a medicinal claim requires an authorisation under this legislation. Master Mineral Solution (MMS) or CD is not authorised as a medicine for sale or supply in Ireland and it is therefore an offence to place this product on the market in Ireland without a marketing authorisation.
The HPRA advises consumers not to take Master Minister Solution (MMS) or CD. The Food Safety Authority and the National Poisons Information Centre of Ireland have also issued a public safety warning regarding the use of MMS.
The professions cited in the Deputies question may, at their discretion, choose to circulate, through the appropriate fora, publicly available material regarding the product.
The HPRA has confirmed that it is actively following up on this issue as a matter of urgency. The HPRA is satisfied that it has sufficient powers under existing legislation to investigate attempts to supply this product in Ireland.
The power to 'shut down' online internet suppliers of unauthorised medicinal products is beyond the remit of my Department.
