2024 Updates to the Canadian Cosmetic Regulations
By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs & Product Safety Associate, email On April 24, 2024 the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients [...]
Health Canada Cosmetic Notification Process – What You Need to Know
By: Deeksha Chahal, JUNIOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE, email Expanding your cosmetic business into the Canadian market can be an exciting venture, but it also comes with regulatory [...]
Selling Consumer Products and Cosmetics Online
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant, email On January 6, 2023, Health Canada added a document to their website called “Selling consumer products and cosmetics online: [...]
Protecting Confidential Business Information (CBI) on Safety Data Sheets and Labels
By: Sarah D’Mello, Senior Product Safety Specialist, email Many countries that adopted GHS have made their own requirements for protecting confidential business information (CBI) on Safety [...]
Food Contact Sanitizers Will Become Drugs Under the New Biocides Regulations
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant, email On May 7, 2022, Health Canada published and proposed new regulations under the FDA called the Biocides Regulation. This new [...]
Canadian vs United States Food Regulations: What’s the Difference?
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email One of the most common questions we receive as Canadian regulatory consultants is whether a food product sold in the United States as food [...]
Iodine May Soon Be an Acceptable Ingredient in Supplemented Foods
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Since the implementation of the Temporary Marketing Authorization (TMA) process, Iodine has not been permitted for use in supplemented food [...]
Warnings for Eucalyptus Oil in the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant, email Health Canada published an update to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist on August 26, 2022. One of the key additions is the need [...]
Leak Test Requirement for CCCR Regulated Products
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The requirement to have a leakage test done is not new to the CCCR regulations but we are finding it is very much overlooked. Just [...]
Corrosivity – Why do I have to ship as corrosive when my product label does not have a corrosive symbol?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email As I indicated in a blog earlier this month, products for sale in Canada have different regulations that are applicable depending on [...]
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