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C-224Private Member’s BillHESA →

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)

Blaine Calkins
Current stage: 2nd Reading
Introduced 301 days ago
45th Parliament, 1st Session
Committee: Health

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, are not subject to the same monitoring regime as other drugs.

Event Timeline

  1. House First Reading

    Sep 18, 2025House

  2. Second reading and referral to committee

    Mar 10, 2026House

  3. House Second Reading

    Mar 10, 2026House

Statutes Touched by This Bill

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C-224 touches 2 statutes

Regulatory Activity

Food and Drugs Act · 27 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Jul 7, 2026IIRegulationReliance on Decisions of, or Documents Produced by, Foreign Regulatory Authorities in Respect of Certain Drugs — Order Providing forSOR/2026-162
Jul 11, 2026IProposedRegulations Amending Certain Regulations Relating to Harmonization of the Enhanced Feed Ban—
Jun 4, 2026IIRegulationDepartment of Health Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending CertainSOR/2026-113
May 29, 2026IIRegulationFood and Drugs Act (Shortages and Discontinuation of Sale of Drugs and Medical Devices) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under theSOR/2026-96
Jun 4, 2026IIRegulationMedical Devices Regulations (Establishment Licences) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-110
Dec 9, 2025IIRegulationFoods for a Special Dietary Purpose — Exemption Order in Respect ofSOR/2025-248
Dec 20, 2025IProposedOrder Providing for Reliance on Decisions of, or Documents Produced by, Foreign Regulatory Authorities in Respect of Certain Drugs—
Dec 20, 2025IProposedClinical Trials Regulations—
Nov 28, 2025IIRegulationFood and Drugs Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Controlled Substances) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under theSOR/2025-246
Dec 9, 2025IIRegulationSupplementary Rules Respecting the Sale of Natural Health Products Containing Ephedrine or Pseudoephedrine — Order Repealing the Order EstablishingSOR/2025-264
Dec 9, 2025IIRegulationFoods for a Special Dietary Purpose — Exemption Order in Respect ofSOR/2025-248
Nov 8, 2025IProposedRegulations Amending the Medical Devices Regulations (Establishment Licences)—
Jun 28, 2025IProposedOrder Repealing the Order Establishing Supplementary Rules Respecting the Sale of Natural Health Products Containing Ephedrine or Pseudoephedrine—
Mar 7, 2025IIRegulationLabelling Requirements for Certain Natural Health Products — Exemption Order in Respect ofSOR/2025-94
Mar 7, 2025IIRegulationSale of Natural Health Products Containing Ephedrine or Pseudoephedrine — Order Establishing Supplementary Rules Respecting theSOR/2025-93
Feb 26, 2025IIRegulationCannabis (Streamlining of Requirements) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations ConcerningSOR/2025-43
Jan 31, 2025IIRegulationNicotine Replacement Therapies Order — Order Amending the Supplementary Rules RespectingSOR/2025-9
Jan 31, 2025IIRegulationMarketing Authorizations Issued Under the Food and Drugs Act — Order Repealing CertainSOR/2025-14
Dec 28, 2024IProposedRegulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Food and Drugs Act (Shortages and Discontinuation of Sale of Drugs and Medical Devices)—
Dec 4, 2024IIRegulationFees in Respect of Drugs and Medical Devices Order (Public Health Emergency Drugs) — Order Amending theSOR/2024-247
Nov 29, 2024IIRegulationFood Additives and Compositional Standards, Microbiological Criteria and Methods of Analysis for Food — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations ConcerningSOR/2024-244
Nov 29, 2024IIRegulationFood and Drugs Act (Agile Licensing) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under theSOR/2024-238
Aug 15, 2024IIRegulationNicotine Replacement Therapies Order — Supplementary Rules RespectingSOR/2024-169
Jun 17, 2024IIRegulationFeeds Regulations, 2024SOR/2024-132
Jun 17, 2024IIRegulationFood and Drug Regulations and the Medical Devices Regulations (Recalls, Establishment Licences and Finished Product Testing) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-136
Jun 4, 2024IIRegulationFees in Respect of Drugs and Medical Devices Order (Biocides) — Order Amending theSOR/2024-121
May 31, 2024IIRegulationBiocides RegulationsSOR/2024-110

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 · 4 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Mar 11, 2026IIIn forceOrder Fixing April 1, 2026 as the Day on Which Certain Provisions of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Come into ForceSI/2026-4
Jan 1, 2025IIIn forceOrder Fixing the Day on Which this Order Is Made as the Day on Which Section 192 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Comes into ForceSI/2025-3
Jan 1, 2025IIIn forceOrder Fixing the Days on Which Certain Provisions of Various Acts Come into ForceSI/2025-2
Jun 19, 2024IIIn forceOrder Fixing January 1, 2025 as the Day on Which Sections 610 to 612 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 Come into ForceSI/2024-25

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.