What Is A Pesticide?
By Gorby Sandhu, M. PHARM., SENIOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, email If you’re asking yourself, ‘What is a pesticide?’, you’re not alone. Pesticides come up in [...]
Notice of Intent – Proposed Amendments to the Existing Requirements of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations (CCCR, 2001)
By: Teah Jazey, BAT (HONS), REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND PRODUCT SAFETY ASSOCIATE, email On July 11th Health Canada published a Notice of intent – Proposed new requirements for consumer chemical [...]
Wildfire Smoke: Health Effects and How to Protect Yourself
By: Sarah D’Mello, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST As wildfires continue to ravage forests and grasslands across Canada, emergency responders are tirelessly working to contain the fires [...]
Health Canada NNHPD Announces Consultation Period for Proposed Fees for Natural Health Products
By: Joanna Chudyk, M. Sc., Regulatory Affairs Specialist On May 12, 2023, the NNHPD announced the beginning of a consultation period related to proposed fees for natural health products. To [...]
Health Canada Recall Blitz: Toxic and Flammable Aerosols
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 [...]
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Orders
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Director of Regulatory Affairs Cosmetic Facility Inspections on the Rise Lately, we have seen a significant increase in the number of facility inspections of cosmetics [...]
Impact of Plain Language Labelling on Natural Health Products
By: Joanna Chudyk, M. Sc., Regulatory Affairs Specialist Natural Health Product Labelling Regulation On July 6th 2022, Health Canada published the new Natural Health Product Labelling [...]
Updates to Organic Claims on Canadian Food Labels – What You Need to Know
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email In March 2023, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published changes to their guidance on organic food claims. In general, if you [...]
Acetic Acid is Now an Acceptable Food Additive in Infant Formulas
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email February 27, 2023: the Food Directorate announced an update to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Accepted Uses. It now [...]
What are the Requirements to Add a Tank Mix Partner to Your Pesticide Product?
By: Gorby Sandhu, SENIOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, email What is tank mixing? Tank mixing refers to combining more than one pesticide together, or combining a pesticide with other liquid [...]
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