International approaches to Natural Health: regulatory scan

The Ministry of Health commissioned Sapere to write a report that outlines and compares regulatory approaches to natural health products (NHPs) in Australia, Canada, the EU, UK, USA and China.

For the purpose of this report, NHPs are a group of health and wellness products. They include nutritional supplements and products used in traditional healing practices. They are mostly derived from natural ingredients but can also contain synthetic equivalents.

The report, written by David Moore, Emma Doust, Nick Manning and Douglas Yee, also covers regulation of homeopathy in Germany and Ayurveda in India.

More information is on the Ministry of Health’s website.