What is the Self-Care Framework?
Health Canada is attempting to replace our current natural health product regulations with a new initiative called the Self-care Framework. The stated goal of this framework is to harmonize the regulation of chemical drugs and natural health products.
This is expected to result in:
- A loss of natural health products
- More expensive natural health products
- Lower dose, single-ingredient, and non-therapeutic products
- The closure of small and medium natural health product manufacturers and retailers
- Fewer natural health practitioners
