An Important Update as of April 13, 2016: You may have received a notice from the Food Directorate of Health Canada advising you of 3 options for collecting research data […] Read More >>
If you know what Temporary Market Authorization (TMA) means and your company sells Caffeinated Energy Drinks in Canada, get ready to be puzzled. Maybe grab an energy drink to fuel […] Read More >>
In June 2014, the CFIA released a Final Guidance Document indicating the requirements of Consumption Incident Reporting for food commodities that require mandatory reporting as part of their TMA License […] Read More >>
By Peter Wojewnik, VP Business Development http://issuu.com/rivegauche/docs/ihr_june_2014/50 Reprinted from IHR, June 2014 dicentra provides sought-after regulatory and scientific guidance on product and marketing compliance, quality assurance, research an Read More >>
  To date there are 350 Product Licence Applications (PLAs) outstanding that should have Temporary Marketing Authorization (TMA) applications in queue at Health Canada. As of September 30, 2012 regulatory […] 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 >>
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 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 >>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Health Canada Announces Proposed New Approach to Regulating Caffeinated Energy Drinks Toronto, Canada, October 11, 2011 – On October 6, Canadian Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced a […] Read More >>