Thousands of Canadians may have suffered serious adverse reactions from using natural health products, says Health Canada, but the figures were not detailed until a correction to the “error” was made a month later.
On Aug. 15, an erratum was published to correct a July 6 legal notice on new labelling rules for natural health products (NHP), in which the number of “serious” incidents under the section on adverse event reporting related to NHP use were not included.
