As we mentioned in Health Canada Cracking Down on Non Compliant Labels a number of products have been recalled for non-compliance with CCCR-2001 and the cosmetics regulations. We have identified 14 products that have been recalled for label violations this year: Sep. 2008: Spa chemicals (lack of child proof cap) Sep. 2008: Paint solvent (lack […]
Of particular interest in this EETimes.com report is how REACH is still poorly understood by many companies: A survey has thrown up major concerns that the recently adopted EU REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals ) regulation will disrupt metal and chemical supply to the EU and this could start to cause major disruptions […]
From Health Day News: Responding to concerns that food labels aren’t doing enough to alert consumers to the presence of allergens, or that the labels are just plain confusing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is hosting a public hearing Tuesday on what it can do to improve things. “If you go down the candy […]
First update, dealing with chlorinated paraffins, from Canada Gazette: Chlorinated paraffins refer to three classes of substances: short chain chlorinated paraffins (i.e. chlorinated paraffins with 10–13 carbon atoms), medium chain chlorinated paraffins (i.e. chlorinated paraffins with 14–17 carbon atoms) and long chain chlorinated paraffins (i.e. chlorinated paraffins with 18 or more carbon atoms). In Canada, […]
Another item of interest in the Canada Gazette: Whereas the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have assessed information pertaining to the substance Butanamide, 3-oxo-, Chemical Abstracts Service No. 5977-14-0; And whereas the Ministers suspect that the substance is toxic; The Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Canadian […]
From the Canada Gazette: Provision currently exists in the Food and Drug Regulations for the use of allura red, sunset yellow FCF and tartrazine as colouring agents in a variety of food products, including fish roe (caviar) at a maximum level of use of 300 ppm, singly or in combination. Brilliant blue FCF is permitted […]
A REACH update from Electronics Design, Strategy, News: The EU (European Union) environmental NGOs (non-governmental organizations) through the International Chemical Secretariat has released its “Substitute It Now” (or aptly acronymed “SIN”) list of 220 chemical substances considered to be possible Substances of Very High Concern under REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals). As a […]
An annoucement from Health Canada: The Licensed Natural Health Products Database will allow Canadians to quickly and easily search for more detailed information on natural health products that have been authorized for sale in Canada… Canadians will be able to use the database to search for information on approved natural health products including authorized health […]
From the Canada Gazette: The proposed Regulations will add PFOS and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List compiled under subsection 65(2) of CEPA 1999, as required by subsection 3(1) of the Act. The Ministers of Environment and of Health are required by the Act to propose the addition of PFOS and its salts to […]
The Financial Times has a general interest article on cosmetic product regulations across the world. Since the article is for a general audience, it does not get into details, but it does provide any interest overview of the issues cosmetics companies have when trying to go ‘international’: There are four principal regions for cosmetics legislation […]