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C-224 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)

Removes natural health products from the rules and monitoring system used for other drugs.

What Bill C-224 would do

The bill would amend the Food and Drugs Act so that natural health products are no longer treated as therapeutic products. As a result, they would not be subject to the same monitoring regime as other drugs. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to provide that natural health products are not therapeutic products within the meaning of that Act and, therefore, are not subject to the same monitoring regime as other drugs.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament (Ponoka—Didsbury)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedSep 18, 2025
  2. Being debatedsince Oct 21 Exact stageAt report stage in the House of Commons · since October 21, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Back from committee; final debate in the House next

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Health

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to

    2nd reading and referral to committee - HESA: agreed to,

  3. Committee in the House done

    Standing Committee on Health

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  4. Report stage in the House now

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At report stage in the House of Commons · since October 21, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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    · Government Orders · named 2 times

  3. Committees of the House

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