‘Death Knell’: New Regulations Could Spell End of Natural Health Products Industry, Advocate Says

‘Death Knell’: New Regulations Could Spell End of Natural Health Products Industry, Advocate Says
Natural health products at a pharmacy in Toronto in a file photo. Angelo Cordeschi/Shutterstock
Lee Harding
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A non-profit that works to protect access to natural health products (NHPs) is warning that provisions in the 2023 federal budget affecting these products will be the “death knell” of the industry unless some portions are repealed.
Bill C-47, the Budget Implementation Act, which received royal assent June 22, “amends the Food and Drugs Act to extend measures regarding therapeutic products to natural health products”—such as vitamins, herbal remedies, and homeopathic and traditional medicine—something the act previously explicitly excluded.
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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