Defined Organism Substance - Fruit and Vegetable Blend

NHPID name:

Fruit and Vegetable Blend

Reference:

NNHPD

Proper name(s):

Fruit and vegetable blend

Common name(s):

Category:

Approved Herbal Substance Name

Monograph(s):

Antioxidants

Schedule 1:

Extract

Organism group:

Blend of Fruit and Vegetable

Parts:

Bulb , Edible fruit part , Edible vegetable part , Fruit , Leaf , Leaf stalk , Root , Sprout

Preparations:

Extract dry , Extract dry standardized , Powdered , Powdered standardized

Additional details

Detail:

Individual components and the quantities of each component must be disclosed on the label. Where this information is not present in the web PLA form (i.e., individual components listed as source materials), a cover letter listing the components and quantities will need to be submitted with the product licence application. Each individual components must be listed in the Natural Health Products Ingredients Database (NHPID) and be associated with a medicinal role. If any of the components is not listed or does not have a medicinal role, an NHPID Issue Form will need to be submitted with sufficient evidence showing that the medicinal ingredient meets the substance aspect of the NHP definition as outlined in the Natural Health Products Regulations.

Roles

Medicinal

Rationale:

Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1, item 2 (an extract) of the Natural Health Products Regulations.

Reference: NNHPD

Restrictions:

General

Detail:

The blend may not include components that have been identified by Health Canada as priority food allergens; for example, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soy, any tree nuts, or wheat and other cereal grains containing gluten.

Reference:

NNHPD