Natural Health Products

DSA Consultants successfully achieves regulatory approvals from the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) and helps our clients obtain Natural Product Numbers (NPNs) and Site Licenses (SL). We prepare a full range of regulatory submissions to NNHPD and provide quality consulting solutions for natural health products.

“In our pursuit of offering our clients the easiest path to NHP compliance, we have found none better than DSA. If you have further need of Canadian NHP, DIN, or Cosmetics compliance work I would encourage you to contact DSA Consultants.” – Brian, Business Owner

NHP Product Registration Submissions

One of DSA’s NHP Consultants will review your proposed labelling and formulation to determine if your product meets the definition of a natural health product. Some products which appear to be natural health products, are really classified as drugs or cosmetics, so it is important to have a trained regulatory professional review product labelling and formulation to ensure your product is properly classified.

Natural Products All products regulated as natural health products must be registered, labelled, and sold in accordance with the NHP regulations.

DSA can prepare a full range of NHP submissions including:

Traditional Herbal Medicines
Homeopathic Products
Compendial Submissions (Class I)
Non-Traditional Submissions (Class II and Class III)
Ingredient Issue Forms
Product License Amendments
Product License Notifications

DSA also manages Veterinary Health Product (VHP) submissions for low-risk products intended for animal use. DSA will assess your products to determine if they qualify for the lower-risk VHP submission stream. Our services include:

One of the advantages of using a full-service NHP consulting firm like DSA Consultants is that we offer the experience of both Regulatory Consultants and Quality Consultants to lend their expertise to the NHP submission process. It is important that your finished product specifications comply with the NHP Guidance Documents and this must be evaluated prior to marketing. Failure to comply with NHPD requirements for finished product testing can result in costly delays and potential refusal of Site License Applications if reductions in testing are not scientifically justified. DSA’s Quality Consultants are included in the submission process to help justify testing reductis and mitigate NHPD questions or concerns before they are even raised. DSA does not operate an in-house test laboratory nor do we derive any revenue or commissions from testing labs. Therefore, we are always working in the best interests of our clients to obtain NNHPD approval on reduced testing specifications.