Entries by Team Nexreg

Jul. 28 – Significant New Activity Notice of the Substance Perfluoroalkylhydroxyaminoazetidinium polymer

July 28, 2006 in /by

Significant New Activity Notice No. 14 276 in respect of the substance Perfluoroalkylhydroxyaminoazetidinium polymer, published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on July 22, 2006. CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999 Significant New Activity Notice No. 14276 Significant New Activity Notice (Section 85 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) Whereas the Ministers of the Environment […]

Jul. 28 – Order 2006-87-05-02 Amending The Non-Domestic Substances List

July 28, 2006 in /by

Canada Gazette I Vol. 140, No. 29 — July 22, 2006 1. Part I of the Non-Domestic Substances List is amended by deleting the following: 75-10-5 58111-07-2 68239-00-9 189020-70-0 265110-70-1 2. Part II of the List is amended by deleting the following: 15689-2 Alkyl carbomonocycle diisocyanate with alkanepolyol polyacrylate, polymer of urethane acrylate Alkyl carbomonocycle […]

Jul. 21 – Foreign Product Alerts (Consumer Labeling and Consumer Protection)

July 21, 2006 in /by

Health Canada has a number of warnings for consumers which they’ve released recently: Zhuifeng Tougu Wan – Traditional Chinese medicine (intended use unknown) that contains toxic levels of mercury. Fufang LuHui Jiaonang – Traditional Chinese medicine (intended use unknown) that contains toxic levels of mercury. Safi – Marketed as a blood purifier, but may also […]

Jul. 21 – Prop 65: Notice of Intent to List Chemicals: Anthraquinon

July 21, 2006 in /by

The following chemicals have been determined by OEHHA to meet the criteria set forth in Title 22, Cal. Code of Regs., section 12306 for listing as causing cancer under the authoritative bodies mechanism: Anthraquinone      84-65-1      NTP (2005) REFERENCE National Toxicology Program (NTP, 2005). Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Anthraquinone (CAS No. 84-65-1) in […]

Jul. 7 – Important Notice: Revised Policy Regarding Gelatin in Canadian Natural Health Products

July 7, 2006 in /by

The Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) has established some additional quality control requirements regarding Gelatin in Natural Health Products. The gelatin used in formulating or encapsulating natural health products may be made from a variety of animal materials. Those products that have been licensed for sale by Health Canada are safe, but in order to […]

Jul. 7 – New Pest Control Products Act in Canada

July 7, 2006 in /by

New Pest Control Products Act comes into force on June 28th, 2006 The New Pest Control Products Act, published in 2002 by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), received Royal Assent on December 12, 2002, and comes into force on June 28th, 2006. To view the new regulations visit: New Pest Control Products Act. […]

Jul. 6 – Board quashes order for MSDS ‘hard copies’

July 6, 2006 in /by

Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News discusses a recent ruling about the need to make paper copies of MSDSs available to workers in Ontario: An Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) panel has suspended an inspector’s order that a company ensure “readily accessible” hard copies of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) be available to employees until […]