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 >>
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 >>
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 An excerpt from the American Herbal Products Association Report by Anne Wilkie, Senior Regulatory Strategy and Policy Advisor dicentra Read More >>
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 >>
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 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 >>
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 >>
By: Rupika Malhotra, MSc Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Associate, dicentra Inc. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrates findings which indicate that along with […] Read More >>
  Then he slid down the chimney. A rather tight pinch, but if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch. He thought to himself, I must address this […] Read More >>
Schedule F Revisions Published The long-awaited Schedule F revisions have been published in Canada Gazette II. Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations have been made to 10 naturally sourced […] Read More >>
John Holtmann was born on May 24th, 1950, the youngest of Heinrich and Johanna Holtmann’s eight children. He grew up on a dairy farm in Rosser, Manitoba, and would want […] Read More >>
By: Ashleigh Hampton, MSc December 5, 2011 Previous reports of resveratrol have suggested that resveratrol undergoes extensive metabolism, thus resulting in a low bioavailability of the parent compound (As reviewed […] Read More >>
GMP Training Makes Good Business Sense If, based on my years of experience, I had to list the primary root causes for non-conformances in GMP regulated facilities, lack of proper […] Read More >>