Update on Monograph Initiative
Please find here the updated Monographs Consultation Update Schedule 2025-06-27 Eight monographs were revised and published on June 27th and 3 monographs had minor revisions.
Advocacy & Action
ECCC Introduces the Proposed CUTS Transaction Summary
On June 5, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that they are piloting a simplified approach for tracking compliance unit (CU) balances for each of the Compliance Unit […]
Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) Scientific Opinion on Tea Tree Oil
On June 6, 2025, the European commission public health published the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) Scientific Opinion on Tea Tree Oil. SCCS concluded that Tea Tree Oil […]
Substances Search Tool Has Been Updated
On June 9th, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) updated the Substances Search tool. A comprehensive list of updates is not available, but the references and links updated represent […]
CTPA Webinar on Two New ISO Methods for Determination of SPF
The Primary and Secondary Sunscreen Monographs are soon to be opened up for revisions under the NNHPD’s Monograph Working Group. Given this, Cosmetics Alliance planted the seed with the […]
Class II Natural Health Product Applications: Expansion of Workload Management Approach
Building on the workload management approach to prioritize and de-prioritize Class III NHP applications, this pilot has been expanded to now include Class II applications meeting the following criteria: […]
Clarification from SHIELD on “Site Clock Day”
We report in the Regulatory Essentials, details of HPCD-SHIELD’s performance standards on Site Licensing. We have received clarification on what the term “Site Clock Day” represents as there has […]
Environmental Claims and the Competition Act Document Released
The Competition Bureau has published its final guideline on environmental claims, following two rounds of public consultations held over the past year. These guidelines aim to assist businesses in […]
NHP Product and Site Licence Performance Standards
PRODUCT LICENSING: PRODUCT LICENSING: No change since the last update here. SITE LICENSING: HPCD is currently reviewing new applications received as of: Stream 1: Site Clock […]
Product Labelling Provisions of Quebec’s Bill 96 Now In Effect / Les dispositions relatives à l’étiquetage des produits du projet de loi 96 du Québec sont désormais en vigueur
Product Labelling Provisions of Quebec’s Bill 96 Now In Effect Cosmetics Alliance Members should now be aware that the product labelling provisions of Quebec’s Bill 96 are in effect as […]
