Category Archives: Regulatory

Canadian Federal News Health Canada updates portal for business regarding hard surface disinfectants and sanitizers Health Canada has done a good job of keeping their COVID-19 portal updated to help business regarding the supply of these critical products. RDC is waiting for more information on fast track approvals for use… Read More

Canadian Federal News Marine policy ensures unrestricted movement of seafarers and other essential marine workers To inform you of the necessity to ensure the unrestricted movement of seafarers (crew members) and all other essential workers that provide essential services to vessels and to the broader marine sector. Support for Canadian… Read More

Canadian Federal News Addressing data needs through read-across Read-across is one approach frequently used in the risk assessment of substances that lack information on their physical-chemical or toxicological properties, or their environmental fate. For more information, refer to the Approaches for addressing data needs in risk assessment fact sheet. 4… Read More

Canadian Federal News Canadian Parliament is recalled for Tuesday March 24th Pursuant to Standing Order 28(3), the Honourable Anthony Rota, Speaker of the House of Commons, has given notice for the House to meet on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 12:00 p.m., for the consideration of measures related to the… Read More

Canadian Federal News 47 substances added to the Non-Domestic Substances List – 2 deleted Health Canada holding small business webinar for Drug Establishment License fees This training session will be held on March 11th from 10:30 – 12:30. To participate in this training session please use the following link: https://collaboratevideo.net/HC-SC-200311… Read More

Canadian Federal News Health Canada launches consultation on good manufacturing practices for veterinary drugs Health Canada is pleased to announce the release of Annex 4 to the Good manufacturing practices guide – Veterinary drugs (GUI-0012) for a 90-day stakeholder consultation period from February 19, 2020 to May 19, 2020. RDC… Read More

Canadian Federal News Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Formatting Changes) The objective of the Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Formatting Changes) is to revise the TDGR format to be consistent with JUS formatting standards and ensure that an official consolidated version of the TDGR… Read More

Canadian Federal News Notice with respect to the substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2020 and 2021 This NPRI notice applies to the calendar years 2020 and 2021. Information pertaining to the 2020 calendar year shall be provided no later than June 1, 2021. Information pertaining to the… Read More

Canadian Federal News CFIA to introduce Administrative Monetary Penalties – join the webinar February 13th The amendments expand Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) as an enforcement response option for all food commodities. They allowed the CFIA to continue issuing AMPs for non-compliance in the meat sector, which were introduced in 2015.… Read More

Canadian Federal News National Pollutants Release Inventory data user workshop planned for February 25th  The main themes of this workshop are: To illustrate the versatility of the NPRI by showcasing the work of various advanced data users. To use design-thinking to understand the needs of advanced NPRI data users, and how… Read More