Natural Health Products

The Natural Health Product Directorate has produced numerous publications concerning its Directorate and its Regulatory framework. Committee publications, Transition team and consultations reports can be accessed electronically through these links.

Reports and Publications

The Natural Health Products Regulatory Review Action Plan-Phase I

Abbreviated Labelling Standards for Natural Health Products - Discussion Paper

Final Report - Online Consultation: Natural Health Products Regulatory Review

• Fact Sheet - The New Risk-Based Approach for Natural Health Products
• The S.T.E.P.S Plan

Proceedings: Health Canada International Symposium on Drug, Food, Natural Health Product Interactions

Boron as a Medicinal Ingredient in Oral Natural Health Products

• Information Sheet

Essential Fatty Acids - Discussion Paper

Probiotics - Discussion Paper

Benchmark Survey of Natural Health Products Directorate Stakeholders 2004/2005

Baseline Natural Health Products Survey Among Consumers

Natural Health Products: 53 Recommendations of the Standing Committee on Health

Proposed Regulations - Canada Gazette Part I (December 22, 2001)

Proposed Standards of Evidence (Draft - October 17, 2002)

Proposed Good Manufacturing Practices for Natural Health Products (Draft - June/July 2002)

Building Together: Phase II in Developing a Proposed Regulatory Framework for Natural Health Products

A Fresh Start: Final Report of the ONHP Transition Team

Natural Health Products Research Priority-Setting Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 6-8, 1999

 Natural Health Products: A New Vision
(Report of the Standing Committee on Health, November 1998)

Natural Health Products Online Solution

• Guidance Documents:
  • Primer on Portable Document Format Forms
  • Natural Health Products Online Solution: Electronic Product Licence Application Guide
  • Natural Health Products Ingredients Database Issue Form Guide
  • Natural Health Products Ingredients Database Web Application Guide
  • Natural Health Products Online System Standard Terminology Guide
  • Natural Health Products Online System Trading Partner Guide
• NHP Online System - Invitation to Pilot Participants
• NHP Online System - Invitation to Pilot Phase II Participants
• NHP Online System Enrolment Guide

Links:

• Advisory Committees
• Applications and Submissions
• Complementary & Alternative Health Care
• Guidance Documents
• It's Your Health - Safe Use of Natural Health Products
• Policies