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 August 18, 2015.

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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


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New Ingredients

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

NHPID Name:
Prolyl oligopeptidase

Role:
Medicinal

NHPID Name:
Lithothamnion Calcareum Extract

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Chia fibre

Role:
No role

NHPID Name:
Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor

Role:
Medicinal

NHPID Name:
Dulse Flakes

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Black Pepper

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Raspberry Seed Oil/Tocopheryl Succinate Aminopropanediol Esters

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Sodium Acrylates/Methacryloylethyl Phosphate Copolymer

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Tricholoma Matsutake Extract

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Phyllostachis Bambusoides Juice

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx concentrate

Role:
Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:
Hawthorne Berry Extract

Role:
Medicinal

NHPID Name:
Fragaria x ananassa cv. Orleans

Role:
Medicinal


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Removed Ingredients

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

No Changes.


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Revised NHPID Names

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

No Changes.


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Revised Proper and Common Names

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

NHPID Name:
Palmaria palmata

Removed Common Name(s):
Dried dulse

NHPID Name:
Tartrazine

New Common Name(s):
Yellow 5

NHPID Name:
Propagermanium

Removed Common Name(s):
Germanium sesquioxide

NHPID Name:
Fetus Cervi

New Common Name(s):
Emoryp Cervi


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New Roles

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

NHPID Name:
Cupric oxide

Old Role:
Non-medicinal

New Role:
Medicinal & Non-medicinal


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Revised Restrictions

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

No Changes.


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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:
Daucus carota sativus (carrot) root juice

New NMI Purpose(s):
Colour Additive

NHPID Name:
Daucus carota sativus (carrot) root juice

New Method(s) of Preparation added:
  • Concentrated juice
  • Juice powdered

NHPID Name:
Zeolites

New Additional Details added :
Products containing zeolite/clinoptilolite must meet the finished product specifications for heavy metals outlined in the NNHPD Quality of Natural Health Products Guide. Testing for heavy metals at the finished product stage must be carried out using the total acid digestion test (in vitro bio-accessibility and/or bio-availability data is not acceptable). Evidence of the product meeting the finished product specifications for heavy metals outlined in the Quality of Natural Health Products Guide must be available to NNHPD upon request.

NHPID Name:
Sucrose

New Source Material(s) added:
Beta vulgaris ( Parties: Racine )

NHPID Name:
  • Aconitum chasmanthum
  • Aconitum kusnezoffii
  • Aconitum pendulum
  • Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii Preparata

Medicinal Rationale changed:
Aconitum spp. roots contain C19-Diterpenoid alkaloids. In order to reduce toxicity, the roots must be processed (e.g. blast-fried) before use as medicinal ingredients, and contain no more than 0.02% of C19-Diterpenoid alkaloids including aconitine, mesaconitine and hypaconitine.

NHPID Name:
Seawater

New Sub-ingredient(s) added:
Boron and Iron

NHPID Name:
Acrylates Copolymer

New NMI Purpose(s):
Skin-Conditioning Agent


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Monograph Modifications

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

No Changes.


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AbLS Modifications

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

No Changes.


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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.


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Homeopathic Ingredient Modifications

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

No Changes.

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