06.19.12
ESM Technologies, Carthage, MO, a supplier of commercialized eggshell and eggshell membrane wellness ingredients, has announced that products containing their flagship ingredient, NEM (Natural Eggshell Membrane), have been approved and granted licenses by Health Canada, and have been issued Natural Product Numbers (NPNs). In order to support the incorporation of NEM as a medicinal ingredient in finished products for sale in Canada, ESM Technologies, LLC submitted a Master File to the Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) of Health Canada. This submission included all published and unpublished safety and efficacy studies, in vitro and in vivo supporting evidence, as well as history of use of the ingredient in people. ESM also provided evidence that NEM is of high quality, as it is manufactured following the strict quality standards defined in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. NHPD deemed the evidence submitted by ESM to be adequate to support the quality, safety and efficacy of NEM and the first (stand alone) finished product incorporating NEM was granted a license in March of 2012. NEM can now be sold with Health Canada approved therapeutic claims permitted only in Canada.
