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|Articles|October 14, 2011

GMP Labs Earns Health Canada Reference Number

The company's foreign site reference number allows for numerous advantages in dealing with the Canadian market for natural health products.

GMP Labs Inc. (Anaheim, CA) has successfully petitioned for a foreign site reference number from Health Canada. GMP Labs says the reference number gives the company the following advantages:

  • Elimination of the need for GMP Labs to submit the same or similar Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) information to multiple Canadian importers.

  • Elimination of the need for Health Canada to review GMP evidence for the company submitted by multiple Canadian importers.

  • Increased efficiency in assessment of the company’s license applications

  • Ability for foreign manufacturers, packagers, and labels of natural health products to submit information regarding GMP compliance directly to health Canada.

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