Canada Proposes Tiered Risk Framework For Regulating Self-Care Items
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Marketers of traditional medicines and homeopathic products could have a harder time using health claims under Health Canada’s proposal for regulating “self-care” products. At the same time, the revised framework would grease the path to market for some dietary supplements and OTC drugs, while cosmetics requirements would be largely unaffected.
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