The New Biocides Regulation
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant, email On May 7, 2022, Health Canada published and proposed a new regulation under the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) called the Biocides [...]
Food Sold Through E-Commerce: CFIA Guidance Coming Soon
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email It is no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic increase of food sold through e-commerce, but as most Canadians have [...]
Consumer Products in Canada – What you might not be aware of…
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 [...]
Where to Find Recalls and Safety Alerts
By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs and Product Safety Associate, email If you’re looking for a website that has reliable data on current recalls and safety alerts look no further than the Recalls [...]
Publication of the New Biocides Regulations Coming Soon
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email In Canada, Biocides (disinfectants and certain sanitizers) are currently regulated separately under two regimes: disinfectants are [...]
Potential Changes to Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR) to Add Chemicals Under Pressure
By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs and Product Safety Associate, email In December 2020, Health Canada’s proposed amendments to the HPR to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System [...]
Recent Updates to the Revised In Commerce List
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Health Canada issued an update in the Canada Gazette on February 19, 2022, identifying 602 substances removed from the Revised In Commerce [...]
Concentration Ranges on a Canadian Safety Data Sheet (SDS) – What range are you using?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email One of the biggest non-compliances I continue to see when I receive supplier Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) is section 3 and the [...]
Improvements to the Processing of Cosmetic Notifications in Canada – What you need to know!
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email On January 28th we received an email from the Government of Canada regarding changes and improvements that they plan on making for [...]
GHS in Canada and the United States – What is the expectation for compliance?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email Over the last couple of months, there has been much talk about moving forward to Version 7 of the GHS for the United States and [...]
