Guidance for Evaluating Human Health Impacts in Environmental Assessments: Country Foods

This document provides generic guidance on predicting health risks associated with contamination of country foods, such as fruit, fish, seafood and game in federal environmental assessments (EAs) of proposed major resource and infrastructure projects. It presents the principles, current practices and basic information Health Canada (HC) looks for when it reviews the environmental impact statement or other reports submitted by project proponents as part of the EA process.