Chart 1 - Natural health products directorate product licence applications: level of certainty and level of pre-market review required.
This bar chart shows the relationship between the level of certainty associated with a product (ie. how much is known about the product) and the level of pre-market review required.
Class 3 - Low level of certainty/highest level of review. Current target 180 days (represents approximately 37% of applications). New target 180 days (represents approximately 1% of applications).
Class 2 - Medium level of certainty/medium level of review. Current target 180 days (represents approximately 4% of applications). New target 30 days (represents approximately 29% of applications).
Class 1- High level of certainty/screening only or self-service. Current target 60 days (represents approximately 59% of applications). New target 10 days (represents approximately 70% of applications).