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Canadian vs. United States Consumer Labels: Differences to Know

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email The answer to the question “Can I use a single label for the United States (US) and Canada?” can be a yes, no,...

You May Be Using This TDG Exemption Without Even Knowing It!

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email There are a variety of exemptions in the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act and Regulations. The most common one is Limited Quantity (1.17),...

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Resource Information

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email For those who transport Dangerous Goods, it is always important to have as much information available as possible for your shipping department....

WHMIS 1988 Symbols versus GHS Pictograms – Why are we still seeing these on labels and SDSs?

By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs & Product Safety Associate Some of the most popular questions we receive at Dell Tech relate to product compliance and workplace health and safety for...

Temporary Certificates for Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) – Expired and Current. Be in the know!

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When Covid first started back in 2020 within Canada, Transport Canada provided some temporary certificates to help facilitate the transport of dangerous...

Vendor SDS Compliance – What does this service entail?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Workplaces in Canada receive Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for the hazardous products that they purchase and bring in for their workers to...

Canadian Consumer Compliancy: CCCR 2001 – Contains Statement Requirements

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying a non-registered product for Canada....

Consumer Compliancy: CCCR 2001 vs US CPSC. Let’s talk Flammability!

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying many non-registered products for the...

Concentration Ranges on a Canadian Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email One of the biggest non-compliances I continue to see when I receive supplier Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) is section 3 and the...

Hand Sanitizers and Stability Testing

By: Jacqui Jenskey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email Alcohol based Hand Sanitizer COVID 19 interim measures were removed by Health Canada in July 2020. This means that the once exempt...

Cyclical Enforcement Projects – What has Health Canada been targeting?

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....

Bilingual Consumer Labeling- Where Does It Go?

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email Per the Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act and Regulations, all mandatory information on the label of a prepackaged product must be shown in...

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