Question follow-through · 64991
Kava
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ban on Kava on UK-based (a) importers and (b) retailers of traditional South Pacific herbal products.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ban on Kava on UK-based (a) importers and (b) retailers of traditional South Pacific herbal products.
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Since January 2003 the herb kava-kava, and any food containing it, is banned from entry to the UK. This is because of concerns regarding its toxic effect on the liver. The Department for Business and Trade has not made any assessment related to this impor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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