In Canada, homeopathic medicines must obtain a Homeopathic Medicine Number (DIN-HM) from Health Canada. On December 2022, Health Canada has updated the labelling requirements for homeopathic products...

CFIA Enforcement of Nutrition Facts Table & Food Labelling The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is responsible for protecting Canadians’ health and safety by ensuring that food...

TMAL and Supplemented Food Standards Health Canada defines supplemented foods generally as “prepackaged foods with added vitamins, minerals, amino acids and/or other ingredients such as...

The cosmetic notification form (CNF) is an electronic registration form that cosmetics manufacturers in Canada must submit to Health Canada before they market their products. The CNF requires...

What is an NHP? Under the Natural Health Products Regulations, which came into effect on January 1, 2004, natural health products (NHPs) are defined as: Probiotics Herbal remedies Vitamins and...

What is a claim? A claim is a representation for sale. It can be presented as “a word, a sentence, a picture, a symbol, a paragraph or an implication on product labels, package inserts or...