Regulatory
REGULATORY NEWS FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Pursuant to section 91 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the “Act”), the Minister of the Environment proposes to publish the annexed Notice under subsection 56(1) of the Act. This proposed Notice (the “Notice”) initiates a 60-day comment period, and after the review of the comments received, the Minister intends to publish, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, a Final Notice requiring the preparation and implementation of pollution prevention plans with respect to triclosan in certain products, which is specified on the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Act.
Ministerial Condition 19663 and SNAc Notices 19584, 19655 and 19673 were published in the Canada Gazette I this past weekend.
The intent of this consultation is to seek input on a proposed definition of vulnerable populations within the context of chemicals management. This will help frame how the Government can strengthen the ways in which vulnerable populations are taken into consideration, in particular under CEPA 1999.
Health Canada is pleased to announce the release of two draft guidance documents for a 90 day stakeholder consultation from November 20 to February 20, 2019: – Cleaning validation guide (GUI-0028) – Guide to validating drug dosage forms (GUI-0029) These revised guidance documents contain new information. Plain language principles to make the documents easier to read and understand have been considered in rewriting and formatting the documents. They will continue to support compliance with good manufacturing practice requirements prescribed in Part C, Division2 of the Food and Drug regulations (FDR).
Pursuant to sections 68 and 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment on 5 of 12 substances referred to collectively under the Chemicals Management Plan as the epoxides and glycidyl ethers group. These 5 substances were identified as priorities for assessment, as they met categorization criteria under subsection 73(1) of CEPA or were considered a priority on the basis of other human health concerns. Seven of the 12 substances were determined to be of low concern through other approaches, and proposed decisions for these substances are provided in separate report.
The Government of Canada would like to inform you of the publication of the Notice with respect to certain quaternary ammonium compounds in Canadian commerce – Phase 1 on November 17, 2018 in the Canada Gazette, Part I pursuant to the information gathering provisions of paragraph 46(1) of the Act.
Mark your calendar! The Ontario Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Regulatory Day is scheduled for March 19, 2019 at the Venetian in Vaughan, Ontario. RDC will facilitate this diploma course to assist participants establish and sustain a regulatory compliance program for importing,
manufacturing, distributing and selling cosmetics in Canada.
On November 28, provincial emergency management organizations will conduct public alerting tests across Canada. As such, test alerts should appear on every updated and compatible mobile device connected to an LTE (long-term evolution) wireless network in participating provinces and territories. The test alerts will be simultaneously distributed on radio and television.
Health Canada’s Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of lipase from Ogataea polymorpha B14-CBSsynt in bread, flour, whole wheat flour, unstandardized bakery products (such as buns, cakes, tortillas and sweet goods), and pasta. Lipase from other source organisms is already permitted for use in Canada as a food enzyme in a number of foods including most of those of interest to the petitioner. As no safety concerns were raised through Health Canada’s assessment, the Department has enabled the use of the food additive lipase from O. polymorpha B14-CBSsynt described in the information document below by updating the List of Permitted Food Enzymes, effective November 19, 2018.
WorkSafeBC calculates assessments based on payroll. Employers with an annual assessment of $1,500 or more are generally required to report payroll and remit assessment premiums on a quarterly basis.
At issue are changes to policy to reduce reporting requirements for these employers. These changes are intended to simplify reporting and payment requirements for employers and improve their experience with WorkSafeBC.
The Policy, Regulation and Research Division is releasing a discussion paper with options on proposed policy regarding an installment model for quarterly reporting to stakeholders for comment.
On November 21, 2018, the Ontario government passed the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018, which introduces significant changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000.
Effective November 23, 2018, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is adding gentian violet and N-nitrosohexamethyleneimine to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). At a public meeting on November 1, 2018, the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) in its official capacity as the “state’s qualified experts” (SQE) determined that gentian violet and N-nitrosohexamethyleneimine were clearly shown by scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles to cause cancer.
The European Parliament Environment Committee voted in favour of a resolution against the draft decision from the EU Commission to grant an authorisation for using sodium dichromate, which is classified as cancerogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction.
The Enforcement Forum and its Biocidal Product Regulation Subgroup (BPRS) kicked off preparations for a coordinated project where inspectors will control the chemicals sold online in all EU and EEA countries. They also discussed the quality of safety data sheets (SDSs) with stakeholder organisations in an open session.
The Cosmetics Standard 2007 “sunsetted” on 1 October 2018. The content of the Cosmetics Standard has been reproduced in the new Therapeutic Goods (Excluded Goods) Determination 2018 (Determination), a new instrument under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, which commenced on 1 October 2018.
Safety Share
Ice and snow are inevitable, but injuries to your workers and customers from slips, trips and falls are not. The key to keeping people safe from winter hazards is to be proactive with your prevention plan. This means “don’t wait for the snow to fall before raising employee awareness about winter hazards” and “check in advance if your outside contractor will clear snow and ice in an emergency.”
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