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Gawd
25-01-2011, 03:13 PM
We may be seeing L-Carnitine become unrestricted and available as a Natural Health Product this year. I was given a heads up by someone that its currently under review by Health Canada, so I searched a bit and found this straight from the Health Canada site in regards to Acetyl L-Carnitine:


This ingredient is currently assigned the role of non-NHP because it is a salt of levocarnitine derivative which is currently listed on Schedule F of the Food and Drug Regulations as follows: Levocarnitine and its salts and derivatives. It should be noted that the Natural Health Products Directorate and the Therapeutic Products Directorate are currently undertaking a joint scientific assessment of this ingredient in order to determine whether it should be removed from Schedule F, have its Schedule F listing modified, or remain unchanged in Schedule F.

Lets hope they get there heads out of there ass and remove the restriction.
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#8
25-01-2011, 03:34 PM
sweet. i wanna order some GPLC. sick news.
physique
25-01-2011, 06:31 PM
it has past the first reading on its way to becoming safe to sell again.
seeing as this is one of the products taken from my store when HC raided me, they told me it should be legal by end of February or March.

with this new passing of bill 31 though, it could be legal tomorrow and gone the very next day
Gawd
25-01-2011, 06:34 PM
it has past the first reading on its way to becoming safe to sell again.
seeing as this is one of the products taken from my store when HC raided me, they told me it should be legal by end of February or March.

with this new passing of bill 31 though, it could be legal tomorrow and gone the very next day

Good news that it should be legal that quickly.

Let's hope its not gone again due to that new bill though.
#8
25-01-2011, 06:46 PM
does this mean US suppliers of GPLC are legally allowed to ship to canada?
physique
25-01-2011, 11:51 PM
does this mean US suppliers of GPLC are legally allowed to ship to canada?

unless the product has a NPN or submission number from health canada then the product is ilegal in this country. Doesnt matter either if there is already another product of the same ingredient (s) is being sold already. No NPN number means banned!

Pretty sure this is why Strive Synerate was taken off the shelves. All the ingredients in it are legal, but they didnt have a NPN number.
#8
26-01-2011, 12:06 AM
unless the product has a NPN or submission number from health canada then the product is ilegal in this country. Doesnt matter either if there is already another product of the same ingredient (s) is being sold already. No NPN number means banned!

Pretty sure this is why Strive Synerate was taken off the shelves. All the ingredients in it are legal, but they didnt have a NPN number.

how does a product achieve this NPN?
UKBodybuilder
31-01-2011, 08:44 PM
BUMP and how will the NPN number affect what products Nutrition stores are able to carry and why? In terms of Gaspari, BSN etc? And these US brands in Canada...?
I hear that the bill effective date has been pushed to around September.
juced_porkchop
31-01-2011, 11:24 PM
i know l-carnitine wass banned. but ALCAR i thought was fine since its alteration placed it in a "legal loop hole" and I been buying it for few yrs now using about 1g daily.

am i wrong?
Gawd
01-02-2011, 12:57 PM
i know l-carnitine wass banned. but ALCAR i thought was fine since its alteration placed it in a "legal loop hole" and I been buying it for few yrs now using about 1g daily.

am i wrong?

ALCAR was banned too.
"it is a salt of levocarnitine derivative which is currently listed on Schedule F"
juced_porkchop
24-02-2011, 04:27 PM
ALCAR was banned too.
"it is a salt of levocarnitine derivative which is currently listed on Schedule F"

ohh, my bad. man i geen getting it in Ontario for yrs now even just a few months ago, soo hassle free i didnt even know it was banned lol.
too bad i cant say the same for gear lol :o
physique
09-12-2011, 09:08 AM
Hello Chad,

I was advised today of the Regulations amending the Food and Drug Regulations with respect to levocarnitine. Please view the following link for Canada Gazette:

http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2011/2011-12-07/html/sor-dors275-eng.html



Klara Richer
Senior Compliance Officer - Inspectorate
Compliance and Enforcement Directorate - BC Region
Regions and Programs Branch
Health Canada
Tel: 604-666-9860
Fax: 604-666-4735
e-mail: klara_richer@hc-sc.gc.ca


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