Addendum to the Overview guidance document

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Addendum
Natural Health Products Directorate
Health Canada
2936 Baseline Road Tower A
Postal Locator: 3302A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Canada

Addendum # 2

Date: 2004 01 15

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• To Guidance Document Entitled: Overview of the Natural Health Products Regulations

Posting Date: November 2003

Prepared For: Stakeholders and the public.

Changes made to the above noted guidance document and the work covered thereby are herein modified as follows, and except as set forth herein, otherwise remain unchanged and in full force and effect:

Specification Changes:

2.2 Schedule 2: List of Excluded Substances

3. A substance regulated under the  Tobacco Act

Text as posted in November 2003:
All substances regulated by the Tobacco Act are not permissible as natural health products. Examples are tobacco and nicotine.

Text as revised in January 2004:
Substances regulated by the Tobacco Act are not permissible as natural health products. Examples are chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco.