Health Action Magazine - NHP Regulations
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The Voice of Consumers on Natural Health Product RegulationPresentation to Health Canada's Natural Health Products Directorate
by the Health Action Network Society on September 27, 2011
Because of members' concerns...
Health Action, Winter 2011 - 9K
American Natural Product Company Expresses Concern about US Handling of Natural ProductsThis is the most serious message I've ever had to write to you.
Why? Because the FDA has issued new rules that, if enacted, will enable them to ban many of the...
HANS e-News - November 1, 2011 - 6K
NHP Regulations and Licensing Crisis...
Health Action, Fall 2011 - 6K
Charter of Health Freedom Q & AQ. How will a Canadian Health Charter protect us?
A. The Charter of Health Freedom in effect creates a bill of rights for health that would take precedence over other...
Health Action, Spring 2011 - 2K
NPN: Letter to Randy Kamp, MP, Mission-Maple Ridge-Pitt MeadowsApril 2011
Attn: Randy Kamp, Member of Parliament, Mission-Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Dear Sir:
As a constituent in your riding, I write to you today to express my...
HANS e-News - April 15, 2011 - 2K
Natural Health Product Regulations: What Are Consumers Worried About? The new Director General of the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD), Scott Sawler, wrote to the Winkler Morden Voice (Manitoba) newspaper on March 17th and...
HANS e-News - April 1, 2011 - 2K
Federal Double Standard...
Health Action, Spring 2011 - 8K
Support a Safe, Natural Health Products IndustryStep 1. Join HANS.
Since 1984, Health Action Network Society has been on top of issues surrounding natural health products and the natural medicine industry.
HANS...
Health Action Magazine Winter 2007/08 - 2K
Penticton Rallies for Natural Health ProductsBill C-51 has become a catalyst for change and dialogue in natural healing arenas. In Penticton, our first rally was held on May 8th in front of the local Member of...
Health Action Magazine Fall 2008 - 1K
Natural Health Products: Prescription Required?A few weeks ago, I went into a Vancouver herb shop to buy some gotu kola herb to help manage a health condition. Though gotu kola--also known as asiatic acid and Indian...
Health Action, Summer 2010 - 6K
New Consumer Safety Bill = Fresh Trouble to Natural Health Products In spite of a successful battle on the part of the public, consumer and small business groups to quash Bill C-51--a federal law that would have severely restricted and...
Health Action, Winter 2010 - 4K
What's Going On with Injectable Vitamin C?A HANS member says:
The "hot" controversy today is the vitamin C issue in the US. First, if you're Canadian, relax. Injectable vitamin C is approved by Health...
HANS e-News - January 15, 2011 - 14K
A New Year's MessageIt is December 31st, and I find myself pondering what the new year will hold. I wonder what HANS's role will be as one of many who will be contributing to the challenges...
HANS e-News - January 1, 2011 - 3K
Health Canada Enforcement of NHPs Begins March 2011On March 1, 2011 Health Canada begins full enforcement of NHPs. Here are the details:
• March 1, 2011 - retailers will not be permitted to purchase...
HANS e-News - December 15, 2010 - 2K
Shawn Buckley's Freedom in Crisis lecture – tour datesTo Okanagan Valley members and friends – On Sunday, December 5, Shawn Buckley will be speaking at 2:00 pm at 157 Orchard Avenue, Penticton. You won't want to miss this...
HANS e-News - December 1, 2010 - 3K
Action Plan to Save Natural Health ProductsThe Natural Health Products Protection Association (NHPA) has developed a three part plan to solve the current regulatory crisis. The plan includes:
1. Seek a suspension...
HANS e-News - April 15, 2010 - 1K
No Deaths from Vitamins or Minerals: StatisticsNot even one death was caused by a vitamin or dietary mineral in 2007, according to the most recent statistics available from the United States National Poison Data System...
Health Action, Winter 2009/2010 - 1K
Regulations Squeezing Natural Health Products IndustryA new national campaign by Canada's largest trade group for natural health products (NHPs) highlights the immediate problems facing items in the natural health...
Health Action, Winter 2009/2010 - 4K
Regulations Squeezing Natural Health Products IndustryA new national campaign by Canada's largest trade group for natural health products (NHPs) highlights the immediate problems facing items in the natural health...
Health Action, Winter 2009 - 4K
Canadian Charter of Health Freedom UpdateThe Canadian Charter of Health Freedom, launched in September 2008, has reached 33,000 signatures, a significant marker. The Charter still has a few more to go until the goal...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 1K
Corrupt to the Core by Shiv ChopraDr. Shiv Chopra is a modern-day Canadian hero-a "whistleblower" who exposed the corruption and corporate influence within Health Canada that systematically compromised the...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 3K
Regulating ComplexityUnless a person is completely immersed in the business of
natural health product (NHP) licensing, the status of NHP regulation in Canada is difficult to keep up to date on,...
Health Action, Fall 2009 - 7K
About Bill C-6Although Bill C-6 does not currently apply to natural health products (NHPs), the Bill poses a threat to NHPs.
Firstly, Bill C-6 could be made applicable to NHPs by a...
Health Action, Summer 2009 - 1K
What Can You Do about Bill C-6?Bill C-6, which is also known as the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (or CCPSA), was introduced by the Government of Canada in January. The purpose of the Bill, according...
Health Action, Summer 2009 - 2K
Bill C-6 a Slightly Revised Version of Bill C-51From time to time journalists discuss the increasing intrusion of bureaucrats into our lives. Recently in the National Post, for example, George Jonas told three "tales from...
Health Action, Summer 2009 - 5K