02/04/2025
Sign this petition to help protect access to Chinese herbs and TCM products:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-5200
ATCMA has been communicating with government and stakeholders about the upcoming fee changes Health Canada is placing on Natural Health Products (NHPs), including any processed Chinese herbs (raw herbs are exempt) like concentrated herbal powders and herbal tablets, capsules, pellets, patches, topicals, moxibustion products, and more.
Distributors and manufacturers have told us that these fees will likely lead to higher costs that will be passed down to us and our patients. Further, they are likely to result in a decrease in availability to the wide array of herbal and TCM products that we use, as companies will need to decide if carrying a particular herb or TCM product is financially viable or not.
For more information, and for resources you can share and hand out at your clinic, check out our article on this https://atcma.org/blog/health-canadas-proposed-regulatory-changes-and-their-impact-on-traditional-chinese-medicine-tcm
