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 November 24, 2015.

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:

Rosi Centifolia Flower Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Amyl acetate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Laminaria hyperborea

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Plantago Ovata Seed Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Tinospora cordifolia stem starch

Role:

No role

NHPID Name:

L-glutathione Liposome

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Ammonium polyacrylate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Glycereth-2 cocoate

Role:

Non-medicinal

NHPID Name:

Hydrolyzed Chondrus Crispus Extract

Role:

Non-medicinal

Removed Ingredients

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

NHPID Name:

Arsenic sulfide

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Cinnabaris

Role:

Medicinal

NHPID Name:

Calomelas

Role:

Medicinal

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:

Radix Polygoni Multiflori (non preparata)

Removed Common Name(s):

Radix Polygoni Multiflori

NHPID Name:

Radix Polygoni Multiflori (non preparata)

Removed Common Name(s):

He shou wu

NHPID Name:

Radix Polygoni Multiflori (non preparata)

New Common Name(s):

Sheng he shou wu

NHPID Name:

Tinospora cordifolia

Removed Common Name(s):

Tinospora cordifolia

NHPID Name:

Tinospora cordifolia

New Common Name(s):

Guduchi

NHPID Name:

FD&C Red No. 40

New Common Name(s):

Red 40

NHPID Name:

Fast Green FCF

Removed Common Name(s):

Green 3

New Roles

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

NHPID Name:

Magnesium L-threonate

Old Role:

Medicinal

New Role:

No role

Revised Restrictions

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

NHPID Name:

Rosi Centifolia Flower

New Non-medicinal Restriction(s) added:

Topical use only for the purposes Fragrance Ingredient and Skin-Conditioning Agent, as in the International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary. Oral use only for the purpose Flavour Enhancer.

NHPID Name:

Rosi Centifolia Flower

New Restriction Reference added:

CORNU_2

NHPID Name:

Fumed silica

New Route(s) of Adminstration added:

Dental

NHPID Name:

Reynoutria multiflora

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :

Based on human studies, adverse reactions for Reynoutria multiflorum/He shou wu root have been observed after ingestion of both the raw form (Sheng he shou wu) and processed form (Zhi he shou wu), as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine combination formulations containing Reynoutria multiflorum root. Therefore, the following risk statements must be indicated on the product licence application form and the label:If you have liver disorder, consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use AND: If yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, nausea, vomiting, unusual tiredness, weakness, stomach or abdominal pain, and /or loss of appetite occurs, discontinue use and consult a health care practitioner, as these may be symptoms of liver disease.

NHPID Name:

Radix Polygoni Multiflori (non preparata)

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :

NHPID Name:

Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata

New Medicinal Restriction(s) added :

NHPID Name:

Annatto

New Route(s) of Adminstration added:

Oral

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:

Rosi Centifolia Flower

New Method(s) of Preparation added:

Dry, Infusion

NHPID Name:

Rosi Centifolia Flower

New NMI Purpose(s):

Flavour Enhancer

NHPID Name:

Magnesium L-threonate

New Sub-ingredient(s) added:

Magnesium

NHPID Name:

l-Menthol

New Source Material(s) added:

Mentha canadensis ( Parts: Herb top )

NHPID Name:

Squalene

New Source Material(s) added:

Olea europaea ( Parts: Fruit ); Olea europaea ( Parts: Fruit flesh )

NHPID Name:

Tocopherol concentrate, mixed

New Sub-ingredient(s) added:

beta-Tocopherol

NHPID Name:

Phospholipids

New Source Material(s) added:

Clupea harengus ( Parts: Egg )

NHPID Name:

Potassium