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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Canada Gazette I – Vol. 140, No. 24 — June 17, 2006 1. Section 4 of the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2005 is renumbered as subsection 4(1) and is amended by adding the following: (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a product that is a manufactured item that is formed into a […]
Canada Gazette II – Vol. 140, No. 13 — June 28, 2006 1. (1) Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List is amended by deleting the following: 68784-55-4 T (2) Part 1 of the List is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 38639-64-4 N-P68908-97-4 N 84776-83-0 N 111940-18-2 N-P 126213-32-9 N-P 133842-99-6 N-P158061-44-0 […]
CANADA GAZETTE II – Vol. 140, No. 13 — June 28, 2006 1. Part 1 of the Domestic Substances List is amended by adding the following in numerical order: 9062-90-2 39317-41-4 426260-76-6 2. Part 5 of the List is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading “Organisms/ Organismes“: Aspergillus awamori ATCC […]
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 […]
More on the potential ban of 2,4-D in Canada: The department’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency is expected to issue a final ruling on the safety of the herbicide, which is used to kill dandelions and other broadleaved plants, in early 2007. It issued a preliminary assessment indicating it favoured continued use of the product in […]
Not everyone is happy with changes in drug labeling put into place by the FDA: Experts say the new labeling system for prescription drugs about to launch in the United States will not radically improve patient safety or the prescribing process. What’s more, the new rules include a clause, slipped in silently after the public-comment […]