By Heather Van Blarcom General Counsel & Senior Regulatory Specialist – USA If your name is on the label of a dietary supplement product that you market and distribute, you […] Read More >>
By David Miller, BSc, ND NHP Scientific Regulatory Associate Kava (Piper methysticum; kava kava) has traditionally been used as an anxiolytic by western herbalists (Felter and Lloyd 1898) for over […] Read More >>
By Rupika Malhotra, MSc Food, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Associate Recently, the Food Directorate and the Natural Health Products Directorate have made announcements with regards to new categorization of certain […] Read More >>
dicentra, an international leader in regulatory and scientific affairs within the dietary supplement, food, beverage and cosmetic industries, is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Heather Van Blarcom to […] Read More >>
The purpose of this message is to provide you with an overview of the transition of products at the food-natural health products interface to the food regulatory framework. Background Some […] Read More >>
By Arwen Brooks Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs Assistant With the explosion of the natural health product and functional food industry, and the subsequent rules and regulations that have been […] Read More >>
By Sorcha Kellett, BSc Regulatory Scientific Affairs Assistant Oil of Oregano (Origanum vulgare leaf extract) has been used traditionally for its health and medicinal benefits including improvement of immune function […] Read More >>
By Manushvi Chadha, BPharm, RA Cert NHP, Cosmetic and Drug Regulatory Affairs Associate All water-based, ready-to-consume caffeinated energy drink products containing caffeine are now deemed foods, though it is to […] Read More >>
By: Amber Vesna, HBSc, RA Cert. Regulatory Affairs Assistant Could legalizing Raw Milk sales be in the future for Canada? Historically of course there was only raw milk to drink. […] Read More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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