Exempted Products

Since the Natural Health Products Regulations were introduced in 2004, a process has been ongoing to license and regulate natural health products, a large number of which were already on the market. These products range from simple to complex formulations and many new licence applications are received daily.

The Natural Health Products (Unprocessed Product Licence Applications) Regulations allow for the legal sale of a category of products for which Health Canada has not yet issued a product licence but has completed an initial assessment to ensure that information supporting the safety, quality and efficacy of the product has been provided, and that specific safety criteria have been met.

This allows certain natural health products (NHPs) to continue to be sold in Canada while they complete the full licensing process.

 Natural Health Products (Unprocessed Product Licence Applications) Regulations (NHP-UPLAR)

Cost and Benefit Analysis

Consumers:
Fact Sheet

Industry:
Fax-back form for exemption

Frequently Asked Questions:

Questions on Eligibility and Selling Products without Exemption Numbers

Questions on Submission Numbers

Questions on Specific Criteria

Questions on Regulatory Requirements for Products with Exemption Numbers

Questions on Labelling and Posting Information to the Health Canada Website

Natural Health Products Exempted Products Database

The Natural Health Products Exempted Products Database allows stakeholders to search for natural health products that have been granted an exemption, in the form of an exemption number (EN), by the Minister under the provisions of the Natural Health Products (Unprocessed Product Licence Applications) Regulations (NHP-UPLAR).