Essiac Insight

How to identify the correct Essiac formula

The facts to help protect you and your family
from unregistered and possibly harmful products
flooding the internet market.

1. Nurse Rene Caisse’s Essiac formula is a Canadian herbal product registered and licensed with both Canadian and USA government agencies and is manufactured only by Essiac Canada International.

2. The legal paper trail for the Essiac formula is from Nurse Rene Caisse (1926) to the Resperin Corporation of Toronto, Canada (1977), to Essiac Products Inc of New Brunswick, Canada (1995), to Essiac Canada International of Ontario, Canada (2002).

3. There are many internet sites falsely using the Essiac trademark name and Nurse Caisse’s history to retail their products to the public. Should you take the time to investigate, you will notice these websites DONOT show a legal company name. These internet businesses have not registered their herbal products with the proper government agencies and are flying under the Food and Drug Administration’s radar, selling herbal products to the public not licensed for safe human consumption. Just because you can buy it on the internet doesn’t mean it’s legal or safe to use. It just means the government hasn’t caught up with these internet businesses yet.

4. Essiac Canada International is a legally registered business which has registered Nurse Rene Caisse’s Essiac with Health and Welfare Canada and the USA FDA for legal public sales. If it is not legally registered and licensed then it is not Essiac.

5. Essiac Canada International must legally test their herbs before they are even blended into Essiac and these lab results must be made available to government agencies for inspection. This is for your protection against biological and chemical contaminates.

6. Essiac Canada International must test each packaging lot - meaning so many bottles within a packaging run - after the product is bottled. These lab results must also be made available to government agencies for inspection. You will notice a lot number on the side of each bottle. This is an identifier code to ensure the product is safe for consumption. This is for your protection against biological and chemical contaminates and to ensure the product contains the proper ingredients.

7. Essiac from Essiac Canada International must have a product label registered with Canadian and USA government agencies. This label must show (i) the legal company name and address, (ii) the dosage requirements and (iii) the supplemental facts on the side of the bottle. Any changes to the label must be re-registered with the proper government authorities before the product can be sold on the market. This is to help rule out counterfeit products not legally registered that may be unsafe for consumer use.

8. These manufacturing and labeling laws are designed to protect the consumer. Do not purchase products from internet dealers who have not registered their products with the government, as this prevents businesses from taking the proper safety measures to ensure their products are legitimate and safe to use. Keep in mind the internet is a new marketing Mecca and government agencies controlling food and drugs products are presently doing a major clean up of all unregistered herbal products – they just need more time to locate these types of businesses undermining the regulatory system.

9. Health Canada through the Competition Bureau of Canada and the US Trade Commission through the US Food and Drug Administration are presently investigating deceptive trade practices of unregistered businesses and unregistered products throughout North America. In the mean time, you the consumer must be more vigilant of these type of web sites promoting products not registered with the proper agencies.

10. Praxea is an authorized Essiac distributor for Essiac Canada International, proudly retailing Nurse Rene Caisse’s true Essiac formula world-wide.