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GHS Moving to Version 7 in Canada – What can we expect?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Earlier this month, Health Canada advised that we will be moving from Version 5 to Version 7 of the Globally Harmonized System...

California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 (SB312)

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On September 30, 2020, the California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2020 was signed into...

Notice of Intent to Remove 22 Organisms from the Domestic Substances List (DSL)

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email On December 5, 2020, the Depart Of The Environment issued a Notice of Intent to remove 22 living organisms from...

What is WHMIS?

By: Kim Samela, Client Services Coordinator SDS, GHS, HAZMAT, WHMIS 2015. The regulatory world is full of acronyms and WHMIS is probably one of the most misspelled ones out there....

WHMIS – How many symbols do I really need?

By: Sarah D’Mello B.SC.,SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System or WHMIS, is Canada’s hazard communication standard for classifying chemicals and communicating their potential hazards and is...

What Is Your Health Product Called in Canada?

By: Jacqui Jenskey, Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant, email There are many differences in how countries approach the regulation of health products. Some countries call them Supplemented Foods. Some countries call...

Are European Safety Data Sheets Permitted for Use Within Canada

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Many of my international clients would like one safety data sheet (SDS) created for the world. Unfortunately at this point in time,...

Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for PMRA Registered Products In Canada – What you should know!

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Many of our clients these days are requesting that we prepare Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for products that are registered or in...

Canadian Safety Data Sheet Requirements: Disclosure of Ingredients

By: Alison Senyi, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email Which information is required on an SDS in Canada? We get asked this question often. If your company is bringing a workplace...

Important Changes to Health Canada’s Regulatory Enrolment Process (REP)

By: Teri Dickinson, Regulatory Affairs Group Manager, email As of October 1, 2020, all companies submitting regulatory information to Health Canada for hard surface disinfectants and other drug products are...

Canadian Consumer Compliancy: CCCR 2001 – Label Requirements: Units

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 non-registered products for the Canadian...

TDG Proof of Classification. What is it and why is it being requested?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email More and more these days we have companies coming to us asking for help with a TDG inspector who is requesting a...

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