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 March 12, 2012.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The updates to the NHPID listed below only apply to version 1.4.2 of the e-PLA (electronic Product Licence Application). All new electronic submissions of a Product Licence Application must use the latest version of the e-PLA, namely version 1.4.2, which is available for downloading from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodnatur/applications/online-enligne/pla-dlmm-view-eng.php.


New Ingredients

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

NHPID Name:
Oregano Oil

Role:
Medicinal


NHPID Name:
Lagenaria siceraria

Role:
Medicinal


NHPID Name:
Bergenia ciliata

Role:
Medicinal


NHPID Name:
Vitreoscilla Ferment

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Vaccinium ovalifolium fruit

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Caraway fruit dry

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Polyglycerate 60

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Octyldodecyl Xyloside

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Vaccinium ovalifolium fruit extract

Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Tetrahydropiperine

Role:
Non-medicinal


Removed Ingredients

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

No Changes.


Revised NHPID Names

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

Old NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex GLY

New NHPID Name:
Aluminium zirconium tetrachlorohydrex glycine


Old NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex GLY

New NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine


Old NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium octachlorohydrex GLY

New NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine


Revised Proper and Common Names

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

NHPID Name:
Potassium Alum

Removed Proper Name(s):
Potassium Alum


NHPID Name:
Potassium Alum

Removed Common Name(s):
Potassium aluminum(+3) cation disulfate dodecahydrate; Sulfuric Acid, Aluminum Potassium Salt (2:1:1), Dodecahydrate


NHPID Name:
Potassium Alum

New Proper Name(s):
Potassium aluminum disulfate dodecahydrate; Sulfuric acid, aluminum potassium salt (2:1:1), dodecahydrate


NHPID Name:
Potassium Alum

New Common Name(s):
Alum, Potassium


NHPID Name:
Callerya speciosa

New Common Name(s):
Niu ta li


NHPID Name:
Hydrogenated lecithin

New Proper Name:
Lecithins, hydrogenated


NHPID Name:
Aluminium zirconium tetrachlorohydrex glycine

New Common Name:
Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex Glycine Complex


NHPID Name:
Ganoderma lucidum

New Common Name(s):
Ling zhi


NHPID Name:
Trametes versicolor

New Common Name(s):
Yunzhi


NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine

New Common Name(s):
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine complex


NHPID Name:
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine

New Common Name(s):
Aluminum zirconium pentachlorohydrex glycine complex


New Roles

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

NHPID Name:
Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract

Old Role:
Medicinal & Non-medicinal

New Role:
Non-medicinal


NHPID Name:
Gold trichloride

Old Role:
Non-NHP

New Role:
Medicinal & Non-NHP


NHPID Name:
Shark cartilage

Old Role:
No role

New Role:
Medicinal


New NMI Purposes

In this update, the following non-medicinal ingredients acquired a new non-medicinal purpose.

NHPID Name:
Hydrogenated lecithin

New NMI Purpose:
Skin-Conditioning Agent


NHPID Name:
Vaccinium ovalifolium fruit extract

New NMI Purpose:
Flavour Enhancer


NHPID Name:
Tetrahydropiperine

New NMI Purpose:
Skin-Conditioning Agent


Removed NMI purposes

In this update, non-medicinal purpose(s) have been removed for the following non-medicinal ingredients.

No Changes.


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:
Origanum Vulgare Leaf Extract

Non-medicinal Restriction(s) changed:
Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI."


NHPID Name:
Origanum Majorana Leaf Oil

New Non-medicinal Restriction(s) added:
Route of administration: topical; Detail:Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Origanum Oil Spanish

Non-medicinal Restriction(s) changed:
Route of administration: Oral; Detail: Flavouring agent only. À cause de préoccupations reliées à l'innocuité, un apport d'huile d'origan allant jusqu'à 0.27 microgrammes/kg de poids corporel par jour est permis. Les demandeurs doivent fournir des preuves appuyant l'innocuité de la quantité du carvacrol présente dans l'huile d'origan s'ils désirent en utiliser une quantité plus élevée comme ingrédient non médicinal dans leurs produits. En l'absence de donnés appuyant l'innocuité, l'huile d'origan ne peut pas être considérée comme ingrédient non médicinal si l'exposition du carvacrol provenant du PSN dépasse 0.23 microgrammes /kg de poids corporel par jour.


NHPID Name:
Marjoram Oil, Sweet

New Non-medicinal Restriction(s) added:
Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Oleoresin Marjoram Sweet

Non-medicinal Restriction(s) changed:
Flavouring agent only.Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Origanum minutiflorum

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :
Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Origanum syriacum

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :
Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Origanum majorana

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :
Not applicable to whole herb preparations: Based on safety concerns, oregano oil intake of up to 0.27 micrograms/kg body weight per day is allowed. Applicants must provide evidence to support the safe use of the carvacrol content of oil of oregano, if they would like to use a higher quantity as a NMI in their product. If the daily exposure of carvacrol exceeds 0.23 micrograms/kg bw per day from the NHP in the absence of adequate safety evidence, the oil of oregano cannot be considered to be a NMI.


NHPID Name:
Triclosan

New Non-medicinal Restriction(s) added:
Route of administration: Dental; Detail: Permitted at concentrations equal to or less than 0.3% in dentifrices, if Triclosan does not contribute to the claim.


NHPID Name:
Gold trichloride

New Additional Details added :
Manufacturers will be able to apply for market authorization for products containing the exempted strengths, uses, routes of administration or dosages of this medicinal ingredient as a natural health product pursuant to the Natural Health Products Regulations. Potential safety concerns for products containing this medicinal ingredient would be considered during the premarket review process under the Natural Health Products Regulations. This amendment does not alter existing compliance mechanisms under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, the Food and Drug Regulations and the Natural Health Products Regulations enforced by the Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate.


NHPID Name:
Lamna nasus (porbeagle shark) cartilage

New Method(s) of Preparation added:
Dry standardised; Powdered standardised


NHPID Name:
Shark cartilage

New Method(s) of Preparation added:
Dry standardised; Powdered standardised


NHPID Name:
Eicosapentaenoic acid

New Source Ingredient(s) added:
Omega-3 acid ethyl ester


NHPID Name:
Docosahexaenoic acid

New Source Ingredient(s) added:
Omega-3 acid ethyl ester


NHPID Name:
Ganoderma lucidum

New Sub-ingredient(s) added:
Polysaccharides (Part: Whole)


NHPID Name:
Trametes versicolor

New Sub-ingredient(s) added:
Polysaccharides (Part: Whole)


Monograph Modifications

In this update, the following single ingredient or product monographs were added or modified.

No Changes.


AbLS Modifications

In this update, the following abbreviated labelling standards were added or modified.

No Changes.


Controlled Vocabulary Modifications

In this update, the following controlled vocabulary (dosage forms, methods of preparation, quality test methods, etc) were added or modified.

No Changes.


Homeopathic Ingredient Modifications

In this update, the following homeopathic ingredients were added or modified.

NHPID Name:
EHP_Arbutus andrachne

Modification:
The ingredient has been removed


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