News & Events

Major Updates to the Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) Workout Supplements Monograph

By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On April 22nd, 2022 the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) published two more monograph modifications as part of their “What’s New”...

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?...

Updates to the NNHPD Monographs for April 2022

By: Joanna Chudyk, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On April 8th, 2022 the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) published two monograph modifications as part of their “What’s New” newsletter....

CCCR 2001 – Child-Resistant Container Requirements and Corrosive Classifications

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001) contains some of the regulations that we must follow when classifying, packaging,...

Natural Health Product (NHP) Site License Renewal

By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The Non-prescription and Natural Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) is reminding all NHP Site License holders that your Site License renewals MUST be...

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 regulated under the Food and Drugs...

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 List...

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...

Prop 65 Update -Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The California Prop 65 list was updated on February 25, 2022. There were two new chemicals added to the list. Should you...

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...

WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List (IDL) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The terminology WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List is something of the past but I am continuing to see it on currently issued Canadian...

CCCR Classifications versus GHS Classifications – Combustible Liquids – What are some of the differences?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email As I’ve advised in the past, when determining the label for your product in Canada, you first need to determine where you...

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