1. Bill C-6 Consumer Product Safety Act was introduced by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in the House of Commons on January 26 2009...

 Community Natural Foods has once again been voted Calgary's Favourite Health Food Store by Calgary Herald readers for the 9th year in a row!

Health Canada has regulated Canada's NHP industry for many years. In 2004, it implemented new Natural Health Product Regulations. The intent of the NHP Regulations is to ensure Canadians have access and choice to a wide variety of high quality, safe and effective Natural Health Products - an objective the Natural Health Products industry heartily endorses.

Since the NHP Regulations were implemented, the industry has worked extremely hard to comply with over 38,000 product licence applications submitted to the Natural Health Product Directorate (NHPD) of Health Canada.

After five (5) years, just over 13,000 applications approved for a licence, almost 50% being refused or withdrawn, we are now reaching a breaking point.

Calgary city council approved the broad outline of a bylaw that would be much weaker than bans elsewhere in Canada.

 On Wednesday, October 7th, the Utilities and Environment Standing Committee of the City of Calgary will make a decision about a proposed pesticide bylaw.

To learn more go to

www.nhppa.org

Bill C-6 which was recently introduced is indeed the replacement for Bill C-52, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. The purpose of this Act is to protect the public by addressing or preventing dangers to human health or safety that are posed by consumer products in Canada, including those that circulate within Canada and those that reimported...

As you may have noticed our 10th Avenue location has been going through extensive renovations in the last year.  We did our homework and chose the most sustainable options available when choosing materials.  We also now have an additional 35 parking spaces available east of the store.