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By: Dana Mladin, SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, email If you have aerosol products that require flammability testing, but you’re confused about what specific testing requirements apply, [...]

By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs & Product Safety Associate Recently, there have been an increased number of consumer product recalls by Health Canada due to improper labelling or [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email When selling a consumer product in Canada there are many factors to consider. Who is your market? Are you making any claims? Have [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When looking to sell your consumer/retail product within Canada or the United States, it is important to note that although we share the same [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Recently I have seen many products being recalled for not having the appropriate symbols on their labels and not having test data for the [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Before you determine which country you want to sell your product to, there are a couple of questions you must ask yourself: “Where is my [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying many [...]

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Earlier this month, Health Canada advised that we will be moving from Version 5 to Version 7 of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) here in [...]

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email For Consumer Products such as Laundry detergents, Dish detergents, Household cleaners, Air Fresheners & [...]

By: Joe McCarthy, Laboratory Services Manager,  email The introduction of new GHS regulations for aerosols coupled with recent changes in flammability testing has drastically impacted aerosol [...]