Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers are Considered Dangerous Goods: Important Shipping Information
By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email If your business is manufacturing or importing alcohol-based hand sanitizers for sale or for free distribution in Canada to assist with the COVID-19 [...]
Preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for Pest Control Products (PCPs) Products In Canada
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email It’s that time of year again – time to start planting your seeds and prepping up for a good growing season. Unfortunately, it’s not that [...]
Selling Consumer Products Online: Retail Chemical Label Review & E-Commerce Product Compliance
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Did you know that consumer products sold online through an e-commerce website need to have a compliant label? Are you selling or distributing [...]
HMIRA Receives Royal Assent
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The amendments to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA) received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019, and came into force on March [...]
In-House Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Authoring & Raw Material Classification
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Many companies have purchased their own in-house software for preparation of SDSs but what about your raw materials? Most systems that are [...]
Are You in Violation of the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR)? Is Your Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Compliant?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) regulations came into effect in Canada, the three year renewal period was abolished FEDERALLY. As I [...]
Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA) Claim for Exemption Fee Adjustments Effective April 1, 2019
By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau (WHMB) has annouced the 2019 fee adjustment for HMIRA Claim for [...]
