Vitamins, Herbs and Natural Supplements - Canadian Law
 

I received a question the other day about the sale of vitamins, herbal products and natural supplements in Canada. Generally speaking, these products are classified as natural health products or "NHPs" under the Canadian Food and Drug Act (FDA). The FDA regulates the distribution and sale of NHPs in Canada, and specifies certain licensing, packaging and labeling requirements. Depending on the circumstances, it may be better to use a U.S. or a Canadian corporation to sell the products in Canada.

Also, as some of you may recall from the adult webmasters legal seminar in Toronto last year, Canada has laws governing the sale of goods over the Internet. This means that anyone selling NHPs online to Canadians must ensure that their e-commerce websites comply with Canadian Internet sales law.

For a summary of Canadian Internet Sales Law, you can find the PowerPoint slides from the seminar here:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=419059

If you're interested in legal issues on the Internet, then you can find the previous issue of Internet Law Highlights for GFY at:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=429495

Disclaimer: This post is intended for educational and discussion purposes and not as legal advice.

Intresting read..thanks for the info

Thanks for sharing the info,tho it will be abit useless for most of the GFY crowd

Thanks for the update

Good stuff again LawLaw! Thanks and a bump to you!

Hmmmm. Interesting. Good to know.