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Recommendation 28

5th Report - Food and Weight Management: Modernising obesity treatment Published 23 Oct 2026 Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The government must review the capacity and capabilities of the MHRA and set out whether it considers the Agency is sufficiently resourced to address the illegal trade in GLP-1s, including the technology and equipment to tackle related social media content. (Recommendation, Paragraph 85)

From: Health and Social Care Committee, 5th Report - Food and Weight Management: Modernising obesity treatment (HC 518), 23 October 2026

Government response

Government response awaited: deadline 23 December 2026.