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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 >>
Safety Update: Synephrine
March 16, 2011 By
  There has been speculation that synephrine, a constituent naturally found in bitter orange (Citrus aurantium), may be associated with adverse cardiovascular or central nervous system effects. There are 2 […] Read More >>
RAPS – Regulatory Updates: Excutive development – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.raps.org/education-training/executive-development/ RAPS Executive Development 18% Average time spent by regulatory professionals at all levels on business functions. 25% Time spent by regulatory directors on business functions (up 4% from 2008). Read More >>
CRN – Regulatory Updates: New Voluntary Industry-Driven Stability Testing Tool – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.crnusa.org CRN BACKS NEW VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY-DRIVEN STABILITY TESTING TOOL The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, today announced its support of the release of […] Read More >>
Natural Products Association – Regulatory Updates: Dietary Guidelines – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.npainfo.org/index.php US Dietary Guidelines: 2010 version is very much focused on tackling the US’s near pandemic overweight and obesity problem and so salt, fat and sugar reduction feature prominently. https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietary-guidel Read More >>
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 >>
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 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 >>
Dicentra Gold Sponsor for International Pharmaceutical Academy – NHPs and Dietary Supplements Conference with Speaker Candice Cryne, Scientific Regulatory Associate
February 5, 2011 By
  February 22-23, 2011 in Toronto. Dicentra has agreed to be a Gold Sponsor to this important and informative event and our own Candice Cryne, Scientific Regulatory Associate will be […] 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 >>

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