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ARTICLE · 20 APRIL 2015

Health Canada Releases Draft Good Label And Package Practices Guide For Stakeholder Consultation

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Health Canada has recently released a draft Good Label and Package Practices Guide for stakeholder consultation.

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Health Canada has recently released a draft Good Label and Package Practices Guide for stakeholder consultation. Its purpose is to provide direction enabling sponsors to design clear, effective and safe labels and packages for health products intended for human use, including pharmaceuticals and natural health products.

The draft Guide's most substantive sections advise on the design and layout of product labels; information to be included in such labels; and the design or choice of packaging. Each of these sections is further divided into multiple subsections providing more detailed guidance on such topics as bilingual labelling, "Product Facts" tables and types of packaging material, among many others. Each subsection begins with background information on the particular issues to consider and then lists current good practices in bullet-form.

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