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dicentra Special Alert: Caffeinated Energy Drinks
March 23, 2012 By
Canada March 23, 2012 Special Alert – Caffeinated Energy Drinks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As per previous communication from Health Canada, caffeinated energy drinks will no longer be considered NHPs. They […] Read More >>
Safety and Efficacy of Natural Health Products: A Dynamic Entity
March 19, 2012 By
By: Ashleigh Hampton, MSc, Manager Scientific Affairs March 19, 2012 The Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) released the Evidence for Safety and Efficacy of Finished Natural Health Products (NHPs) guidance […] Read More >>
Low Risk Veterinary Pilot Program Now a Reality!
March 12, 2012 By
By William Morkel, BSc Director of Quality & Compliance March 12, 2012 On January 30, 2012, dicentra posted an article on our website entitled Health Canada’s Interim Notification Program for […] Read More >>
Proposed Schedule F Amendment Open for Consultation
March 5, 2012 By
By: Manushvi Chadha, BPharm, RA Cert NHP, Cosmetic and Drug Regulatory Affairs Associate March 5, 2012 Project # 1663 is Health Canada’s new initiative for the purpose of adding certain […] Read More >>
Additional Residue Testing Requirements for Meat & Poultry Products Exported to the European Union
February 27, 2012 By
By Ryan Ramdeo, International Regulatory Affairs Associate February 27, 2012 As of February 17, 2012 USDA has announced revisions to the requirements for the export of meat products to the […] Read More >>
dicentra Special Alert: Proposal to amend the Food and Drug Regulations – Project 1663 – Schedule F Amendment
February 23, 2012 By
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEProposal to amend the Food and Drug Regulations -(addition of pancrelipase, pancreatin and pancreatic enzymes) – Project 1663 – Schedule F Amendment In November 2011, the NHPD (rather […] Read More >>
L-carnitine and its Derivatives
February 21, 2012 By
By: David Miller, BSc, N.D., NHP Scientific Regulatory Associate February 21, 2011 The recent revisions to the status of Levocarnitine in the Canadian regulatory environment (http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2011/2011-12-07/html/sor-dors275-eng.html) have Read More >>
The Industry Effect on Food Regulations
February 13, 2012 By
By: Rupika Malhotra, MSc – Food, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Associate February 13, 2012 With the introduction of any new set of guidelines, regulations or changes impacting any sector of […] Read More >>
The Future of Food-Like NHPs in Canada
February 7, 2012 By
By William Morkel, Director of Quality & Compliance February 7, 2012 Sometime in early 2010 the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) decided to halt reviews of all product licence applications […] Read More >>
Successful EU response to BSE
February 5, 2012 By
By: Arwen Brooks – Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Assistant February 6, 2012 BSE – a crisis in Europe and worldwide In the past two decades, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) […] Read More >>
dicentra is now a Corporate Member of Life Sciences Ontario (LSO)
February 3, 2012 By
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Health Canada’s Interim Notification Program for Low-Risk Veterinary Health Products – Consultation
January 30, 2012 By
By: Clara Di Tella, BSc, Pharm QA – Regulatory Affairs Specialist January 30, 2012 Last spring, Health Canada consulted with stakeholders and the public on various options for policies for […] Read More >>
NHPD NHP Refusals and Requests for Reconsideration of Decision
January 23, 2012 By
By: Ashleigh Hampton, MSc, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Associate January 23, 2012 You’ve developed an innovative natural health product, compiled the full submission for a Product License Application and thought […] Read More >>
Health Canada Allows for OTC Use of 10 Naturally Sourced Ingedients
January 16, 2012 By
Health Canada Allows for OTC Use of 10 Naturally Sourced Ingedients An excerpt from the American Herbal Products Association Report by Anne Wilkie, Senior Regulatory Strategy and Policy Advisor dicentra Read More >>
Update on Enzymes and Probiotics in Canada
January 10, 2012 By
by Manushvi Chadha, BPharm, RA Cert Regulatory Affairs Associate, dicentra The past year had the NHPD re-evaluate their strategy for enzyme and probiotic-containing products, which had been on hold for […] Read More >>
dicentra highlighted in the latest edition of the Canadian Natural Supplier
December 27, 2011 By
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dicentra is now a member of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
December 21, 2011 By
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GMP Training Makes Good Business Sense
December 21, 2011 By
William Morkel, BSc Director of Quality and Compliance, dicentra If, based on my years of experience, I had to list the primary root causes for non-conformances in GMP regulated facilities, […] Read More >>
dicentra Launches GMP Online Training Program for Natural Health Products
December 20, 2011 By
dicentra is proud to announce the launch of GMP Online Training for Natural Health Products beginning November 2011. For years, dicentra has been delivering on-site and off-site GMP training programs, […] Read More >>
FDA Targets Tainted Dietary Supplements
December 20, 2011 By
By Arwen Brooks Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Assistant, dicentra Dec. 15, 2010 — The FDA today announced new steps to target harmful products marketed as dietary supplements, including the […] Read More >>

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