Disinfecting/Sanitizing Devices and Regulatory Requirements
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email In response to the COVID-19 pandemic many new and innovative products such as Ultraviolet (UV) light [...]
HCPA – Household & Commercial Products Association Annual Meeting December 7- 11
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Dell Tech Laboratories own Teri Dickinson, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Group and Joe McCarthy Lab Services [...]
Amendments to the Fertilizers Regulations (Fertilizer Modernization)
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) published the final amendments to the Fertilizers Regulations in the [...]
Important Changes to Health Canada’s Regulatory Enrolment Process (REP)
By: Teri Dickinson, Regulatory Affairs Group Manager, email As of October 1, 2020, all companies submitting regulatory information to Health Canada for hard surface disinfectants and other drug [...]
Mandatory Pollution Prevention Plans for Products that Contain Triclosan
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On October 10, 2020, Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a notice for a mandatory pollution [...]
Health Canada Releases New Policy on Packaging and Labelling of Alcohol Hand Sanitizers in Beverage Containers
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email With the exceptional demand for hand sanitizers and the shortage of regular packaging, some manufacturers have moved to packaging [...]
Retail Consumer Product Labelling for the USA. There’s more to it than just hazard labelling.
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email For Consumer Products such as Laundry detergents, Dish detergents, Household cleaners, Air Fresheners & [...]
Proposed Removal of Substances from the Revised In Commerce List
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On September 26, 2020, Health Canada published a Gazette I Notice proposal to remove 669 substances from the [...]
Meeting the Demands for Commercial Use Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The demand on industry to produce alcohol-based hand sanitizers is still very high, especially as schools are opening. If you have [...]
Is “Kills 99.9% of Germs” on the Label of Your Hand Sanitizer?
By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Request a Quote It probably shouldn’t be. Most alcohol-based hand sanitizers in Canada have been registered under the Antiseptic [...]
