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Adulterated Natural Health Products
April 12, 2011 By
  The term ‘natural health product’ calls to mind ideas of safe and harmonious remedies that do not carry the kind of adverse effects that we have come to expect […] Read More >>
CFIA – Regulatory Updates: Additional Import Controls in Place for Food Products from Japan – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml Additional import controls in place for food products from Japan OTTAWA, March 23, 2011 : The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), in collaboration with the Canada Border Services Agency […] Read More >>
Health Canada – Regulatory Updates: Advisory – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php Advisory April 5, 2011-04-07 Consumers with milk or soy allergies are advised that four probiotic natural health products (listed below) are being voluntarily recalled from the market because they […] Read More >>
Dicentra Special Alert – Update
March 31, 2011 By
  The NHPD has confirmed that the 11 Schedule F Ingredient Regulatory Amendments previously expected this spring have been deferred to the fall of 2011 due to the current election. […] Read More >>
A Summary of Hepatotoxicity of Health Products
March 25, 2011 By
  Ashleigh Hampton, MSc. March 21, 2011 Note – the following is a summary adapted from the Ministry of Health’s Draft Guidance Document titled “Hepatotoxicity of Health Products” Background Hepatotoxicity […] Read More >>
Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulation – Revised Labelling Regulations for Food Allergens, Gluten Sources and Sulphites
March 22, 2011 By
  The following outlines the revised compliance requirements for prepackaged products and provides an outline of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) implementation plan Compliance Coming into Effect After August […] 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 >>
Health Canada – Regulatory Updates: Salvia divinorum – March 7th 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php Salvia divinorum This week the government announced its proposed intention to include Salvia divinorum and salvinorin A, as controlled substances. A Notice to Interested Parties outlining Health Canada’s proposal 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 >>
New Application Management Policy
August 9, 2010 By
  Dear stakeholders, The Application Management Policy outlines the way in which Product Licence Applications for natural health products are submitted in accordance with the Natural Health Products Regulations. The […] Read More >>
Site Licence Application Assessment Changes
August 5, 2010 By
  Dear stakeholders, The Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has received just over 4600 Site Licence Applications (SLA) since 2004. Most of which have critical evidence deficiencies that require the […] 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 >>
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 >>
Licensed Natural Health Product Database Extract Files Are Now Available for Download
March 10, 2010 By
  Dear Stakeholders, The Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) is pleased to announce that the Licensed Natural Health Products Database (LNHPD) extract files are now available for downloading from Health […] Read More >>
Dicentra Newsletter – Issue #7
February 3, 2010 By
The Debate Surrounding the Sale of Unapproved Natural Health Products Continues Despite Health Canada adopting a risk-based enforcement policy until at least March 31 in acknowledgment of the Product License […] Read More >>
Health Canada Issues Draft Warning Letter for Glucomannan
January 26, 2010 By
  On January 26th, 2010, Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has issued a draft warning letter concerning Natural Health Products containing glucomannan, an ingredient authorized for the purposes […] Read More >>
Health Canada Workshops Shed Light on a Regulatory Grey Area
December 7, 2009 By
Health Canada’s recent workshop series took some of the pressure off industry members with regards to the March 2010 deadline and the backlog of product license applications (PLAs) still awaiting […] Read More >>

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