Natural Health Product Ingredients Database – Announcements and New Ingredients

Natural Health Product Ingredients Database – Announcements and New Ingredients

Natural Health Product Ingredients Database – Announcements and New Ingredients

The updates to the NHPID listed below apply to the most recent version of the web-based Product Licence Application (web PLA) form. All new product licence application submissions must use the web PLA form.


New Ingredients

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

NHPID Name: Albatrellus Confluens (Mushroom) Extract
Role: Non-Medicinal


Revised NHPID Names

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients had their NHPID name revised.

Old NHPID Name: 1,3-Butylene glycol
New NHPID Name: 1,3-Butylene Glycol

Old NHPID Name: Fulvic acid
New NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids


Revised Proper and Common Names

In this update, the following non-homeopathic ingredients had their common or proper names revised.

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
Removed Proper Name(s): 3,4-Dihydro-3,7,8-trihydroxy-3-methyl-10-oxo-1H,10H-pyrano(4,3-b)

Name(s): (1)benzopyran-9-carboxylic acid

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
New Proper Name(s): Fulvic acids


Revised Restrictions

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

NHPID Name: 1,3-Butylene Glycol
Non-medicinal Restriction(s) changed: New Allowed Purposes: Fragrance Ingredient; Skin-Conditioning Agent; Solvent;

Restriction(s) changed: Viscosity Decreasing Agent


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: 1,3-Butylene Glycol
CAS Registry Number(s) removed: 18826-95-4

NHPID Name: 1,3-Butylene Glycol
New Toxicity restriction added: Upper Limit: 4.0 ; Units: Milligrams/kilogram body weight/day ; Detail: Acceptable daily intake up to 4 mg/kg bw/day. ; Reference: WHO_JECFA

NHPID Name: 1,3-Butylene Glycol
New NMI Purpose(s): Fragrance Ingredient; Viscosity Decreasing Agent

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
Modification: Removed Structure: Fulvic acid.gif

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
Modification: Revised Schedule 1: Extract

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
CAS Registry Number(s) removed: 479-66-3

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
New Source Ingredient(s) added: Lignite

NHPID Name: Fulvic Acids
Medicinal Rationale changed: Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1, item 2 (an extract) of the Natural Health Products Regulations.

NHPID Name: Lignite
New Sub-ingredient(s) added: Fulvic Acids

NHPID Name: Vitamin B12
New Source Material(s) added: Auxenochlorella Pyrenoidosa – Broken cell

NHPID Name: Iron
New Source Material(s) added: Auxenochlorella Pyrenoidosa – Broken cell

NHPID Name: Auxenochlorella Pyrenoidosa
Modification: New Source Material Constituent(s): Broken cell

NHPID Name: Auxenochlorella Pyrenoidosa
New Sub-ingredient(s) added: Vitamin B12


All information sourced from Health Canada – Natural Health Products Ingredients Database.