Dr. Scott Jordan will provide the annual Regulatory and Safety Evaluation Specialty Section (RSESS) Breakfast Seminar on Wednesday, March 14, from 6:30 AM—8:00 AM during the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 2018 Annual Meeting. He is Associate Director of the Marketed Biologicals, Biotechnology and Natural Health Products Bureau of Health Canada. He will provide an overview of how over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements are regulated through Health Canada, challenges in the assessment of their safety, and an update on any recent changes in regulations related to this category of products.
Dr. Jordan joined Health Canada’s Food Directorate in 1992, where he conducted toxicological assessments on a wide variety of food-related chemicals (both natural and synthetic) and food contaminants. He became increasingly interested in the safety of herbal products used in food or as medicinal ingredients. Since 1998, he has been involved in risk assessment pertaining to natural health products (dietary supplements). Dr. Jordan took part in the discussion leading up to the formation of the Canadian Office of Natural Health Products (now the Natural Health Products Directorate of Health Canada), and he contributed to the review of regulations for natural health products in Canada, which came into force in 2004.
He joined the Marketed Biologicals, Biotechnology and Natural Health Products Bureau of the Marketed Health Products Directorate of Health Canada in 2003, as a senior reviewer. Since that time, he has been involved in the risk assessment of marketed natural health products from the post-market (pharmacovigilance) perspective, as both an evaluator and manager.