How will products be labelled under the Natural Health Products Regulations?
Among other things, a natural health product label will include: • the recommended use or purpose of the natural health product (NHP); • the recommended route of administration; • the recommended dose and duration of use of the NHP; • the risk information relating to the NHP, including any cautions, warnings, contra-indications or known adverse reactions associated with its use; • the name and address of the product licence holder, and if the NHP is imported, the name and address of the importer; • the common name of each medicinal ingredient, and its proper name when that name is not a chemical name; • the quantity per dosage unit or potency, if any, of the medicinal ingredients; • a list of all non-medicinal ingredients; • storage conditions, if any are recommended; • the lot number and expiry date; and • a description of the source material of the medicinal ingredients (e.g., for a herbal product, the part of the plant used, such as the root, for Vitamin C, source could be sodium as
