Conservative MP wants to reverse new rules for natural health products – GLOBAL

November 4, 2024

A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals.

The new rules mean Health Canada can demand that stores pull products such as supplements and homeopathic medicines off their shelves if they are found to be a health risk, and impose bigger fines on companies that don’t comply with regulations.

Alberta Conservative MP Blaine Calkins is seeking to reverse the changes entirely in a private member’s bill that’s being studied by the House of Commons health committee.

He says the changes didn’t get proper scrutiny when they came into law because the Liberals put them in a big budget bill, and he thinks they increase costs for consumers and stifle innovation.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/10850509/natural-health-products-conservative-mp-bill/

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