Natural health products information and resources

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Canadian Herbalist Association of B.C.
The Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND) is the national association for qualified naturopathic doctors across Canada. The CAND promotes naturopathic medicine to the public, corporations, insurance companies and the federal government and facilitates communication within the naturopathic profession.

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Dietary Supplements
The Canadian Naturopathic Association (CNA) is a not-for-profit professional association representing the interests of naturopathic doctors and promoting naturopathic medicine throughout Canada. Its membership consists of naturopathic doctors, naturopathic medical students, suppliers of natural remedies for professional use, and the provincial naturopathic associations.

Flax Council of Canada
The Flax Council of Canada is a trade organization that serves flax producers, shippers, and consumers with marketing services and crop promotions. Their site endeavors to provide general flax facts of interest to consumers, as well as more specialized information for nutritionists, dietitians, food producers, manufacturers and flax growers.

Health Canada
Through the Natural Health Products Directorate, Health Canada ensures that all Canadians have ready access to natural health products that are safe, effective and of high quality, while respecting freedom of choice and philosophical and cultural diversity.

HRF - Herb Research Foundation
The Herb Research Foundation (HRF) is the world's most comprehensive source of accurate scientific information on medicinal plants. Since 1983, HRF has been educating the public, health practitioners, legislators, and the media about the health benefits and safety of herbs, drawing on a specialty botanical library containing more than 300,000 scientific papers on thousands of herbs and multiple online sources of clinical, pharmacological, chemical, and horticultural information.

IHA - International Herb Association
The International Herb Association (IHA) is a professional trade association providing education, services, and development opportunities for those in herbal endeavors.

Natural Health Products Directorate of Health Canada
Natural health products (NHPs) have become an extremely important part of our self-care decisions. Over 50% of Canadians now consume natural health products in the form of traditional herbal products, vitamins and mineral supplements, traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic and other medicines and homeopathic preparations.

OTA - Organic Trade Association
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association representing the organic industry in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Members include growers, shippers, processors, certifiers, farmer associations, brokers, manufacturers, consultants, distributors and retailers. Established in 1985 as the Organic Foods Production Association of North America, the Organic Trade Association works to promote organic products in the marketplace and to protect the integrity of organic standards.

Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada
Responsible for the regulation of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices and other therapeutic products available to Canadians. This includes evaluating and monitoring their safety, effectiveness and quality.