Table of Reference Amounts for Foods Has Been Updated
By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On November 24, 2022, Health Canada published an update to the Nutrition Labelling – Table of Reference Amounts for Food. Reference [...]
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 [...]
Aerosol Flammability Testing -There really is a difference in the requirements!
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Recently I have seen many products being recalled for not having the appropriate symbols on their labels and not having test data for the [...]
WHMIS 2015 GHS Symbols and Pictograms – If my product is hazardous, why do I not have a symbol?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When I send a Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) draft to my clients, I often have questions surrounding the GHS Symbols [...]
GHS Pictogram Meanings
By: Alison Senyi, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST You’re probably familiar with some of the following pictograms: exploding bomb pictogram skull and crossbones pictogram health hazard [...]
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