Health Action Magazine - NHP Regulations

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The majority of Canadians use natural health products (NHPs). They do so because the products help them to stay healthy and prevent disease. They also use NHPs to regain...

If you couldn't attend the "Endangered Natural Health Products?" event on June 2nd, 2008, in Vancouver, with keynote speaker Shawn Buckley, LLB, you can now watch it on...

Below is a list of US companies whose products used to be sold in Canada prior to the 2004 implementation of the Natural Health Product Regulations. Following a seven-year...

By now, many people in the Natural Health Product (NHP) community are pulling their hair out over Bill C-51, an act to amend the Food and Drugs Act. They worry about...

On April 8th, Canada's Minister of Health, Tony Clement, introduced Bill C-51 into the House of Commons. If passed, the bill will drastically alter the current Food and Drugs...

Media Release 50 international scientists, physicians and associated health practitioners are calling upon Canada's Health Minister to reconsider its plan to amend the...

Over the past 10 years, Health Canada has introduced new regulations concerning the manufacture and sale of natural health products (NHPs) and a Natural Health Product...

Federal natural health product regulations have only been in force for three and a half years, but it's already very clear that the regulations will put many small and medium...

To understand today's status of natural health products (NHPs) in Canada, we have to look at their history. Those of us who have been HANS members since the early 80s will...

In a Vancouver coffee house on May 29th, a group of about 20 gathered in anticipation for the first of what would become a series of meetings. They represented a...

The natural health product industry is in crisis. New natural health product regulations set by Health Canada are driving smaller manufacturers out of business and driving...

Editor's Comment: Dr James Lunney, MP from Nanaimo, was first to introduce Bill C-420 in an attempt to reclassify vitamins and supplements as foods. Bill C-420 was not...

I think most reasonable people would agree that healthy lifestyles are a key component to maintaining good health. That includes, of course, exercise, clean air and water,...

The topic is safety of supplements. As a medical doctor and naturopathic doctor, I know food supplements are crucial to the public, and putting them back in a food category...