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The Canada Health Act (CHA or the Act) is Canada's federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance.

In 2013, Health Canada received a submission to allow the sale of glabrous (hairless) hull varieties of brown and yellow colored canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.) as cereal...

Tools and resources for the WHMIS guidance, policies, reports, classification and compliance tools and WHMIS logo

This guidance document describes how we disclose confidential business information (CBI) under paragraph 21.1(3)(c) of the Food and Drugs Act.

The National Calibration Reference Centre for Bioassay and In Vivo Monitoring (The Centre), operated by the National Internal Radiation Assessment Section (NIRAS) of the...

This Overview describes the key points of the evaluation, while the Science Evaluation of Proposed Registration Decision PRD2022-12, Attenuated Cucumber green mottle mosaic...

Benzene has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen ("carcinogenic to humans") by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC 2012, 2018) and as carcinogenic to humans...

Health Canada develops and promotes guidelines for healthy eating, physical activity, and healthy weights.

The updated screening criteria for Abbreviated New Drug Submissions (ANDS) and their supplements (SANDS) will help assess the completeness of the drug submission and identify...

This List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Accepted Uses sets out authorized miscellaneous food additives.

The intent of this notice is to clarify Health Canada’s expectations with respect to the re-reporting of cases identified from the Canada Vigilance (CV) Online Database by...

The purpose of this Notice is to notify stakeholders that Health Canada has made changes to the opioid patient information handout entitled “Opioid Medicines – Information for...

Health Canada recently completed its review of MTBE in drinking water. Based on this review, it was concluded that the odour of MTBE would make drinking water unacceptable to...

The substances listed below link to tables that outline the proposed risk management actions for those chemical substances in the Challenge that have met one or more criteria in...

The Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods (NVSCF) booklet.

This document provides guidance for decision makers on planning for recovery from nuclear and radiological emergencies. It does not include any regulations or requirements....

This guideline technical document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with selenium in drinking water. It assesses new studies and approaches and takes...

This section explains what inspectors look for when they assess your compliance with the Medical Devices Regulations (the Regulations). It also directs you to more information...

Both blood and plasma products are vital to the health and well-being of Canadians. However, there are differences in how they are collected, processed and used in the health...

Ground-level ozone can cause a variety of health effects, including coughing, irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, chest discomfort, shortness of breath and decreased lung...