Bill C-368
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)
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FIRST READING, December 5, 2023
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Mr. Calkins |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to provide that natural health products are not therapeutic products within the meaning of that Act and therefore not subject to the same monitoring regime as other drugs.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-368 |
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An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. F-27
Food and Drugs Act
1 The definition therapeutic product in section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act is replaced by the following:
therapeutic product means a drug or device or any combination of drugs and devices, Insertion start but does not include a natural health product within the meaning of the Natural Health Products Regulations Insertion end ; (produit thérapeutique)
2 Section 21.321 of the Act is repealed.
3 Subsection 21.8(2) of the Act is repealed.
Transitional Provision
Proceedings
4 No proceedings may be commenced or continued in respect of an offence under section 31.2 or 31.4 of the Food and Drugs Act in relation to a product that is a natural health product within the meaning of the Natural Health Products Regulations if the offence was committed on or after the day on which section 500 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 came into force and before the day on which this Act comes into force.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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