Natural Health Products Ingredients Database

WHAT'S NEW

What's New is a listing of modifications to the NHPID since the last update. This page was most recently revised on December 16, 2014.

Announcements
New Ingredients
Removed Ingredients
Revised NHPID Names
Revised Proper and Common Names
New Roles
Revised Restrictions
Other Ingredient Modifications
Monograph Modifications
AbLS Modifications
Controlled Vocabulary Modifications
Homeopathic Ingredient Modifications
Previous What's New

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The updates to the NHPID listed below apply to the most recent version of the ePLA (electronic Product Licence Application). All new electronic submissions of a Product Licence Application must use the latest version of the e-PLA, namely version 2.3.1, which is available for downloading from e-PLA 2.3.1

New Ingredients

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients were added.

NHPID Name:

Potato protein

Role:

No role

NHPID Name:

Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Fructus Bruceae

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Felbinac

Role:

Non-NHP

NHPID Name:

Pentacyclic oxindole alkaloids

Role:

No role

NHPID Name:

Herba Selaginellae

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oleosomes

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Poly C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Corynebacterium stationis

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Penicillium brevicompactum

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Serratia marcescens

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Trichophyton verrucosum

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Mung-bean protein concentrate

Role:

Medicinal

Removed Ingredients

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients were removed.

NHPID Name:

Potato protein

Role:

No role

Revised NHPID Names

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients had their NHPID name revised.

No Changes.

Revised Proper and Common Names

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients had their common or proper names revised.

NHPID Name:

Red yeast rice

Removed Common Name(s):

Lovastatin-free red yeast rice

NHPID Name:

Polylactic acid-glycolic acid copolymer

New Common Name(s):

Polylactic acid-glycolic acid copolymer

NHPID Name:

Inca Peanut Protein

New Proper Name(s):

Plukenetia volubilis seed protein

NHPID Name:

Benincasa hispida

Removed Common Name(s):

Ash gourd; Ash-pumpkin; Chinese preserving-melon; Chinese-watermelon; Dong gua; Wax gourd; White gourd; White-pumpkin; Winter-melon

NHPID Name:

Benincasa hispida

New Common Name(s):

Chinese waxgourd

New Roles

In this update, the roles of the following non-homeopathic ingredients were changed.

NHPID Name:

False flax oil

Old Role:

Medicinal

New Role:

Medicinal & Non-medicinal

Revised Restrictions

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients underwent a modification related to their restrictions.

NHPID Name:

Red yeast rice

New Restriction Reference added:

PDL

NHPID Name:

Chromium-enriched Brassica juncea

New Route(s) of Adminstration added:

Oral

NHPID Name:

Chromium-enriched Brassica juncea

New Restriction Reference added:

FOOD_CHEM_71(181)

Other Ingredient Modifications

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients underwent a modification different from those listed above, such as new source material, new preparation type, or new sub-ingredient relationship, etc.

NHPID Name:

Lovastatin

Non-NHP Rationale changed:

This ingredient is assigned the role of non-NHP, as listed on the Prescription Drug List: Lovastatin except when sold in oral dosage form that provides 1 milligram (mg) or less per daily dose. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_list_fin_ord-eng.php

NHPID Name:

Red yeast rice

Medicinal Rationale changed:

Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1 item 1 (plant or plant material) of the NHP Regulations. The Prescription Drug List exemption for Lovastatin, when sold for human use in oral dosage form that provides 1 milligram (mg) or less per daily dose, allows red yeast rice products containing only trace amounts of Lovastatin to be marketed as natural health products in Canada. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_list_fin_ord-eng.php

NHPID Name:

Red yeast rice

New Group organism(s) added:

Red Yeast Rice species

NHPID Name:

Lovastatin

New Source Ingredient(s) added:

Red Yeast Rice species ( Parts: Whole )

NHPID Name:

Chromium

New Source Ingredient(s) added:

Chromium-enriched Brassica juncea

NHPID Name:

L-Cysteine

New Source Material(s) added:

Arthrospira maxima ( Parts: Whole )

NHPID Name:

L-Cysteine

New Source Material(s) added:

Arthrospira platensis ( Parts: Whole )

NHPID Name:

L-Cysteine

New Source Material(s) added:

Chlorella vulgaris ( Parts: Broken cell )

NHPID Name:

Oleum Cinnamomi (Essential Oil)

New Method(s) of Preparation added:

Oil, Essential (water steam distillation) , Oil, Essential (water steam distillation) Standardised

NHPID Name:

HAB_Chelidonium majus