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 May 28, 2013.

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
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The updates to the NHPID listed below apply to the most recent versions of the ePLA (electronic Product Licence Application). All new electronic submissions of a Product Licence Application must use the latest versions of the e-PLA, namely versions 1.4.4 and 2.2.0. Version 1.4.4, known as the Cfgm ePLA, is dedicated to applications of type Compendial from generated monographs (Cfgm), which are used when attesting to a generated single ingredient monograph. Version 2.2.0 is for all application types except for Compendial from generated monographs. The forms are available for downloading from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodnatur/applications/online-enligne/guidance-reference-eng.php.

New Ingredients

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

NHPID Name:

Calcium titanium borosilicate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Disodium cetyl phenyl ether disulfonate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Platinum powder

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Rhododendron Ferrugineum Leaf Cell Culture Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Polyglyceryl-10 myristate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Physochlaina infundibularis

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Isostearyl behenate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Saccharomyces/Manganese Ferment

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Basella alba

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Polyester-2

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Lavandula latifolia

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Padina Pavonica Thallus Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Polyoxyethylene (3) monooleate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Polyglyceryl-10 stearate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Vitis vinifera 'Chardonnay'

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Ocimum tenuiflorum (Tulsi) leaf essential oil

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Calcium collagen chelate

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Polyarginyl lactate

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Seed Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane

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:

Spirulina maxima

New NHPID Name:

Arthrospira maxima

Old NHPID Name:

Spirulina platensis

New NHPID Name:

Arthrospira platensis

Revised Proper and Common Names

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

NHPID Name:

Epigallocatechin 3-gallate

New Common Name(s):

EGCG

NHPID Name:

VP/Hexadecene Copolymer

Removed Common Name(s):

PVP/Hexadecene Copolymer

NHPID Name:

VP/Hexadecene Copolymer

New Common Name(s):

VP/Hexadecene Copolymer

NHPID Name:

Magnolia officinalis

New Common Name(s):

Magnolia-bark

NHPID Name:

Gleditsia sinensis

New Common Name(s):

Zao jiao

NHPID Name:

Capsicum annuum

Removed Common Name(s):

Tabasco pepper

New Roles

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

NHPID Name:

L-Carnosine

Old Role:

Medicinal

New Role:

Medicinal & Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Cortex Mori

Old Role:

No role

New Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Sodium glycerophosphate

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.

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:

Polyphenols

New Source Material(s) added:

Phyllanthus emblica (Parts: Fruit pericarp)

NHPID Name:

Ethyl Acetate

New NMI Purpose(s):

Solvent