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Schedule 1 - Included NHP Substances

Schedule 1 - Included NHP Substances
Item Substances
1. A plant or a plant material, an alga, a bacterium, a fungus or a non-human animal material
2. An extract or isolate of a substance described in item 1, the primary molecular structure of which is identical to that which it had prior to its extraction or isolation
3. Any of the following vitamins:
  • biotin
  • folate
  • niacin
  • pantothenic acid
  • riboflavin
  • thiamine
  • vitamin A
  • vitamin B 6
  • vitamin B 12
  • vitamin C
  • vitamin D
  • vitamin E
4. An amino acid
5. An essential fatty acid
6. A synthetic duplicate of a substance described in any of items 2 to 5
7. A mineral
8. A probiotic
Schedule 2 - Excluded NHP Substances
Item Substances
1. A substance set out in Schedule C of the Food and Drugs Act
2. A substance set out in Schedule D of the Act, except for the following: a drug that is prepared from any of the following micro-organisms, namely, an alga, a bacterium or a fungus; and
any substance set out in Schedule D when it is prepared in accordance with the practices of homeopathic pharmacy
3. A substance regulated under the Tobacco Act
4. A substance set out in any of Schedules I to V of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
5. A substance that is administered by puncturing the dermis
6. An antibiotic prepared from an alga, a bacterium or a fungus or a synthetic duplicate of that antibiotic