{"id":13512,"date":"2023-07-29T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiglebleu.net\/2023\/07\/protecting-our-right-to-natural-products\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:11:11","slug":"protecting-our-right-to-natural-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiglebleu.net\/en\/protecting-our-right-to-natural-products\/","title":{"rendered":"PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS TO NATURAL PRODUCTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In May 2023, Health Canada issued a proposal (Bill C-47) detailing cost recovery for natural health products (NHPs), including Chinese herbal medicines. It mandates various additional fees, such as application fee, licensing fee, and right to sell fee. There are also questions around the incentive to pay almost $60,000 to apply for an NHP approval, when most formulas cannot be patent protected.<\/p>\n

We are very concerned at the attempt by Health Canada to overburden the Natural Health Product industry with excessive costs thereby reducing many of our clients\u2019 access to products that they have relied on for years. This proposal will result small and medium-sized businesses to not able to offer the NHPs or compounding chinese herbal prescriptions anymore or to be forced to pass down the additional high cost to the consumers.<\/p>\n

This all means that they are going to put NHP’s under the same regulations as pharmaceutical drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WE DO NOT WANT THESE AMENDMENTS TO BE ENACTED. WE WANT THEM REPEALED. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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We are writing this letter to get you all as a consumer\/practitioner to voice out our concern together and oppose to this proposal. What you can do:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is a new petition<\/a> that has come out that is supported by an MP.\u00a0 That means the federal government must address it if it gets enough signatures. Click here<\/a> or the blue button.<\/li>\n
  2. The public survey is open until AUGUST 10th<\/strong>, please submit your concern online here<\/a>.On the second paragraph of the page “Join in: How to Participate” –> Select\/Click “Use the Online Form”<\/li>\n
  3. Talk, call, or write a letter to your local MPs<\/a> or the new Health Minister. We understand life can be too busy and hectic, you can go to Eastern Currents website and download the letter template and modify as you need.HonourableMark Holland<\/strong>Minister of Health\n

    Health Canada<\/p>\n

    Address Locator 0900C2<\/p>\n

    Ottawa ON K1A 0K9<\/p>\n

    hc*******************<\/span>@******<\/span>gc.ca<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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These are the amendments that were passed in Bill C-47<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sections 500 to 504:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amendments to the Food & Drug Act<\/p>\n

500 The definition therapeutic product insection 2 of the Food and Drugs Act is replaced by the following:<\/p>\n

therapeutic product\u2002means a drug or deviceor any combination of drugs and devices;\u2002(produit th\u00e9rapeutique)<\/em><\/p>\n

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