Canadian Natural Health Products Regulations

摘要

Canada's Regulations for natural health products were developed following extensive consultation with all stakeholder groups. They cover a wide variety of non-prescription materials including plants, their extracts and isolates, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, synthetic duplicates, probiotics, and homeopathic medicines. The Natural Health Products Regulations include provisions on definitions, product licensing, site licensing, good manufacturing practices, clinical trials, labelling and packaging requirements, and adverse reaction reporting. The Regulations will come into force on January 1, 2004 followed by a transitional period that will span from 2 to 6 years - 2 years for site licensing and 6 years for products with Drug Identification Numbers (DIN).