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Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document...
This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with 1,2-DCA in drinking water, incorporating all relevant routes of exposure from... -
Guidelines for managing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)
Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) is radioactive material found in nature due to natural sources (such as radionuclides in the uranium and thorium decay chains).... -
Cannabis key investors: Cultivation, processing and sale for medical...
Key investor reporting supports Health Canada's ability to protect the integrity of the strict legal framework for the cannabis industry, and helps to minimize the risk of... -
Science Policy Note: Assessing Exposure from Pesticides in Food - A User's Guide
The following policy document is intended to provide guidance and information to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) personnel and decision-makers and to the public.... -
Applying for a Drug Identification Number (DIN) for a disinfectant drug...
This document provides information on the application process and application contents for a disinfectant drug product regulated under the Food and Drug Regulations. -
Nutrition Labelling Online Course
Today's food environment can make it challenging for Canadians to make healthier food choices, but using labels can help. To improve understanding of food labels, Health... -
Testing devices for COVID-19: Test swabs safety and effectiveness guidance
This guidance document presents the criteria for safety and effectiveness that apply to test swabs used for COVID-19 sampling. It also provides guidance on how to meet these... -
Proposed Re-evaluation Decision PRVD2020-09, Piperonyl Butoxide and...
This document presents the proposed regulatory decision for the re-evaluation of piperonyl butoxide. -
Chemical Contaminants
Food contaminants and other adulterating substances are chemicals that may be present in foods at levels that could impact the overall safety and/or quality of foods. These... -
Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report – Standards Project: Seasonal...
The purpose of this Standards Project was to sample decorative lighting products and test them to the performance criteria of a consensus-based safety standard in order to... -
Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials may behave differently from conventional chemical substances with regard to their potential risk to human health and the environment. As such, there is a need to... -
Proposed Registration Decision PRD2020-13, Trinexapac-ethyl and MODDUS
This summary describes the key points of the evaluation, while the Science Evaluation of Proposed Registration Decision PRD2020-13, Trinexapac-ethyl and MODDUS provides detailed... -
Safety and performance specifications for respirators during COVID-19:...
This document provides guidance for Canadian manufacturers on the minimum technical requirements for facepiece filtering respirators (FFR). Health Canada has also published a... -
Imbruvica - Notice of Compliance with Conditions - Qualifying Notice - 2015...
Notice of Compliance with Conditions - Qualifying Notice. -
Hazardous Substance Assessment - Adipic Acid
Hazardous Substance Assessments are prepared by Health Canada as educational and information resources. -
Special Review Decision SRD2020-01, Special Review Decision: Acephate
This document presents the final regulatory decision for the special review of acephate. To comply with this decision, the required label changes related to the aspects of... -
Novel Food Information - Imidazolinone Tolerant (Clearfield') Canola Quality...
Health Canada has notified BASF Canada Inc. that it has no objection to the sale of food derived from Imidazolinone Tolerant Canola Quality Brassica juncea S006. The Department... -
Sodium ortho-phenylphenate - information sheet
The ecological hazard and exposure potential of SOPP was classified using the Ecological Risk Classification of Organic Substances (ERC) Approach . The Government concluded that... -
Thinking about using cannabis before or during pregnancy?
Get the current facts about using cannabis for non-medical purposes during pregnancy and the health effects it can cause a growing child. -
Special Access Programme - Drugs
The Special Access Programme (SAP) allows practitioners to request access to drugs that are unavailable for sale in Canada. This access is limited to patients with serious or...