Order Amending Part III of the Schedule to Part J of the Food and Drug Regulations (Carisoprodol)

The Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health makes the annexed Order Amending Part III of the Schedule to Part J of the Food and Drug Regulations (Carisoprodol) under subsections J.01.002(1)^{Footnote a} and (2)^{Footnote a} of the Food and Drug Regulations^{Footnote b}.

Ottawa, February 27, 2025

Ya'ara Saks

Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health

Order Amending Part III of the Schedule to Part J of the Food and Drug Regulations (Carisoprodol)

Amendments

• 1 Part III of the schedule to Part J of the Food and Drug Regulations^{Footnote b} is amended by adding the following:

  Item	Column 1 Substance	Column 2 Period
  1	Carisoprodol (2-((carbamoyloxy)methyl)-2-methylpentyl isopropylcarbamate)	April 14, 2025 to April 13, 2026

• 2 Item 1 of Part III of the schedule to Part J of the Regulations is deleted.

Coming into Force

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order comes into force on April 14, 2025.
• (2) Section 2 comes into force on the earlier of, but no earlier than April 15, 2025,
  • (a) the day on which a provision of an order made under section 60 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act comes into force, if that provision adds carisoprodol (2-((carbamoyloxy)methyl)-2-methylpentyl isopropylcarbamate) to any of Schedules I, II, III, IV or VI to that Act, and
  • (b) April 14, 2026.