Natural Health Product Brand Name Guidance Brand names are an important part of your marketing strategy, but as many of us know firsthand there is a difference between what the marketing team wants to say and what the regulatory authorities will let you get away with. Consideration needs to be taken to ensure your […]
In September Amazon.ca notified every Natural Health Product vendor (whether they had an NPN or not) that, effective in October 2018 they will be removing all products that don’t have a Natural Health Product Number. Here’s the email they sent to sellers: AMAZON NOTICE TO SELLERS OF NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS Dear Seller, Pursuant to […]
When it comes to topical essential oils, determining the correct regulatory pathway to ensure full compliance typically depends on how you wish to market the product. Do you intend your essential oil to be diluted and worn as a blissfully scented fragrance oil, or do you intend for the product to be used to help […]
Supplemented foods and natural health products (NHPs) can sometimes pose challenges when trying to determine the correct regulatory pathway to gain market access in Canada. Supplemented foods are broadly defined by Health Canada as pre-packaged products that are manufactured, sold or represented as foods, which contain added vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbal or bioactive ingredients. […]
Health Canada implemented the Plain Language Labelling (PLL) initiative to help make the labels for non-prescription health products easier to read and understand for the consumer. These regulations are currently in effect for new non-prescription drug applications and the criteria outlined is recommended to be applied to Natural Health Products (NHPs) as well. What is […]
