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CCTFA – Regulatory Updates: Skin Care Ingredient – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.cctfa.ca/site/cctfa/ On January 26th, 2011, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) released a report for review on the skin care ingredient, retinyl palmitate (vitamin A palmitate), by the NTP Board […] Read More >>
EFSA – Regulatory Updates: Food Sweeteners – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.efsa.europa.eu Food Sweeteners: EFSA’s Panel on Food additives and nutrient sources added to food (ANS) will discuss two recent studies on artificial sweeteners at its next meeting on 1-3 February […] Read More >>
CHFA – Regulatory Updates – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.chfa.ca Food-Like NHPs Joint Technical Working Group: To assist CHFA in providing constructive feedback and guiding the CHFA position on various issues, we are pleased to partner with the Food […] Read More >>
Competition Bureau – Regulatory Updates: “Product of Canada” and “Made un Canada” – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/h_00000.html   Changes made to “Product of Canada” and “made in Canada” claims Product of Canada claim will not be challenged by the Bureau provided that: * 1) the last […] Read More >>
NHPD – Regulatory Updates: Quarterly Report – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodnatur/index-eng.php Quarterly Report (October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010) During this quarter, a total of 3017 PLAs were completed, 49% (1477) of these completions resulted in product licences, 46% […] Read More >>
CFIA – Regulatory Updates: Compliance and Enforcement Operational Policy – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml Updated Compliance and Enforcement Operational Policy and publication of CFIA enforcement activities The updated policy, which will be available on CFIA’s website by February 25, 2011, confirms the CFIA& Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter Issue 1 for 2011
February 17, 2011 By
  This is Dicentra’s first newsletter for 2011. We will be releasing these newsletters every three months and the purpose of the newsletter is to keep our readers up to […] Read More >>
NHPD Continues to Issue Section 16 Notices
February 14, 2011 By
The Natural Health Products Directorate is requesting information from product license holders and applicants in light of the proposed amendments to the Food & Drug Regulations regarding enhanced labelling for […] Read More >>
Compliance & Enforcement Policy Postponed
January 5, 2011 By
On December 22, 2010 the Natural Health Products Industry was informed by the NHPD that the compliance promotion transition period which was slated to end on March 1, 2011 is […] Read More >>
Critical Alert Concerning Compliance & Enforcement
January 4, 2011 By
On December 22, 2010 the Natural Health Products Industry was informed by the NHPD that the compliance promotion transition period which was slated to end on March 1, 2011 is […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #12
December 15, 2010 By
Science and Research Updates R.H.X. Wong, P.R.C. Howe, J.D. Buckley, A.M. Coates, I. Kunz, N.M. Berry. Acute resveratrol supplementation improves flow-meditated dilation in overweight/obese individuals with mildly elevated blood pressure. […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #11
October 7, 2010 By
Recent Changes: NHPD Ingredients Database and Ingredient Issue Forms The NHPD introduced the Natural Health Products Ingredients Database earlier this year. At present, the database contains: Medicinal ingredients Non-medicinal ingredients […] Read More >>
NHP Compliance and Enforcement Policy – Politique de conformité et d’application pour les produits de santé naturels
August 25, 2010 By
We are pleased to inform you that on Friday August 27, 2010, the documents entitled “Natural Health Products (NHP) Compliance and Enforcement Policy” (POL-0044), “Annex to the NHP Compliance and […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #10
August 11, 2010 By
  Executive Summary UPLAR Products in queue for over 180 days awaiting product licenses will now be issued ENs (exemption number) allowing the product to be legal for saleProducts must […] Read More >>
New Classification Process for Medicinal and Non-medicinal Ingredients
August 9, 2010 By
Dear stakeholders, As of August 9, 2010, NHPD will no longer accept Product Licence Applications (PLA) containing medicinal or non-medicinal ingredients which are not listed as acceptable ingredients in the […] Read More >>
Good Manufacturing Practices for Natural Health Products for Current and Potential Site License Holders
July 15, 2010 By
  Less than two weeks remain to register for dicentra’s upcoming webinar titled Good Manufacturing Practices for Natural Health Product Site Licence Holders. Health Canada requires both initial and ongoing […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #9
June 9, 2010 By
The Sale of Unlicensed Natural Health Products, Exemption Numbers, and You! Natural Health Products (Unprocessed Product Licence Applications) Regulations The regulatory solution many have been waiting for may be on […] Read More >>
Consultation Period Open for Guidance Document to Assist in Distinguishing between Natural Health Products and Ingredient
May 18, 2010 By
  As you may know, the Natural Health Product (NHP) Raw Material Policy was recently removed from the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) website in order for it to be […] Read More >>
Dicentra Presenting at IPA in Montreal April 21-22
April 20, 2010 By
  Anne Wilkie, Senior Regulatory Strategy & Policy Advisor, will be representing Dicentra at the International Pharmaceutical Academy’s Dietary Supplements & Natural Health Products Conference in Montreal on April 21 […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #8
April 12, 2010 By
Industry News: The Sale of Unlicensed NHPs Background While the NHPD is making progress on the massive number of Product License Applications (PLAs) they have received, there are still thousands […] Read More >>

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