From the Natural Health Products Directorate – three new monographs: Updated Monograph – European Pennyroyal Updated Monograph – Arnica New Single Ingredient Monograph – Senna As well, the NHPD Monthly Communiqué has been released and includes the following: Activity Units (Potency) Required for Enzymes Applicants seeking authorization to market enzymes are now required to submit […]
From the Government of Canada: Order 2008-87-01-04 Amending the Non-domestic Substances List: Part I of the Non-domestic Substances List… is amended by deleting the following: 56422-54-9 162682-23-7 96247-28-8 250672-06-1 For more information, click on the above link.
As promised earlier today, we have the Health Canada annoucement. Here is a snippet of the press release: …Canada is the first country in the world to complete a risk assessment of bisphenol A in consultation with industry and other stakeholders, and to initiate a 60 day public comment period on whether to ban the […]
UPDATE: The annoucement has arrived. It is available here. We have been receiving a few questions about this issue this morning. As soon as something official is released, we will let you know. CTV expects the annoucement to come today: Health Canada is expected to announce today that bisphenol A is a dangerous substance — […]
A press release from the EU. A few key points – the range of the fees is as follows: The fees and charges that will be charged for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals under the new REACH registration procedures have been adopted by the Commission today and will be published in the Official Journal […]
First, Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1528 — Schedule F): 1. The reference to Botulinum Toxin Type A Antitoxine botulinique, Type A in Part I of Schedule F to the Food and Drug Regulations… is replaced by the following: Botulinum toxin Type A Toxine botulinique, type A 2. Part I of Schedule F […]
From Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate – two new monographs: Goldenseal Globe Artichoke
A couple of important releases from the EU. First: REACH Pre-registration and Registration Q and A contains a great deal of useful information, including the following: Tens of thousands of companies across the EU are expected to be affected by the pre-registration and registration obligations. It has been estimated that over 180,000 pre-registration files will […]
Important REACH news from Chemical and Engineering News: The European Chemicals Agency (ECA) is launching a campaign… which will officially begin on April 14, is targeted at the next quickly approaching milestone in implementation of the EU’s law on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)… Geert Dancet, director of ECA, is visiting the […]
From Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate – a new Single Ingredient Monograph for Eleuthero.