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Ingredient Disclosure Regulations Update

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email NY DEC Household Cleansing Product Information Disclosure Program struck down by NYS Supreme Court. HCPA/ACI Lawsuit Update. On August 27th...

There’s More to Transportation Than Just Classification

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The classification of your product is a very important step in transporting your product safely within our Canadian borders. It is important...

Cyclical Enforcement Projects. What are they and do they impact you?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Consumer Product Safety Program of Health Canada routinely performs planned national inspections which are referred to as Cyclical Enforcement (CE) Projects....

Proposed Regulations for Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has published proposed regulations for Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for approximately 130 product...

The CCCR Checklist for Retail Label Review

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email If your business has been issued a Notice of Inspection from Health Canada, you may be required to provide classification records for your...

Cleaner Performance Testing & Claims Proof: ASTM D5343 and HCPA DCC-16

By: Katherine Hatherley, C.TECH., LABORATORY TECHNICAL SPECIALIST Dell Tech specializes in claim substantiation and performance testing. We test a wide variety of consumer products including wipes, polishes for resilient flooring...

CCCR 2001: Labeling Exemptions for Retail Label Review

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email Labeling and packaging compliance is often a source of frustration for many manufacturers and retailers. Fortunately, the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations (2001)...

California Prop 65 Fact Sheets

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Did you know that California Prop 65 produces Fact Sheets? Proposition 65 has been creating fact sheets for users on how to...

Canada’s Toy Regulations (Updated July, 2023)

By: Sarah D’Melo, email Notice of Intent: Amendments to Canada’s Toy Regulations Health Canada has recognized an opportunity to modernize the Toy Regulations as part of its continuous efforts to...

The Challenges of Disinfectant Registration in Canada

By: Sarah Calder, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The challenge with hard surface disinfectant registration in Canada is determining the differences in regulations compared with countries like the United States who...

GHS in Canada is Here: What next?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email On February 11, 2015, Health Canada published Part II of the Hazardous Products Regulations in the Canadian Gazette, which incorporated the Globally...

HCPA Cleaning Product Fundamentals Webinars

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The Household & Commercial Products Association is presenting its informative and popular CLEANING PRODUCT FUNDAMENTALS WEBINAR SERIES in February 2019....

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