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Health Canada approves updates to Mifegymiso prescribing information:...
Health Canada is informing Canadians that the prescribing and patient information for Mifegymiso has been updated to reflect that an ultrasound is no longer required before the... -
List of Permitted Anticaking Agents (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
This List of Permitted Anticaking Agents sets out authorized food additives that reduce adhesion of particles to maintain the texture of food. It is incorporated by reference in... -
Security Clearance Fingerprint Third Party Consent to Release Personal...
For the purpose of your security clearance application, a Canadian police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), or private fingerprinting agencies accredited by the... -
Radon action guide for municipalities: Overview
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that emanates from the ground and can enter and accumulate in buildings. Radon gas is found in every building in Canada at some... -
Notice to Stakeholders – Clarification of Requirements Under the Food and...
Health Canada is issuing this Notice to clinical trial sponsors to clarify the approach to various types of clinical research with cannabis. -
Notice – Release of ICH E9(R1): Defining the Appropriate Estimand for a...
Health Canada is pleased to announce the implementation of International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) Guidance... -
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document...
This Guideline Technical Document reviews and assesses all identified health risks associated with turbidity in drinking water. It assesses new studies and approaches, and takes... -
Access to Drugs in Exceptional Circumstances
The Access to Drugs in Exceptional Circumstances regulatory pathway enables access to drugs which have been authorized for sale in certain foreign jurisdictions, but are not... -
Guidelines for the Safe Use of Diagnostic Ultrasound
The information presented in this update summarizes these developments and forms the basis for new recommendations for users and manufacturers. The update is also heavily based... -
Nova Scotia Virtual Care Action Plan
The Action Plan provides an overview of virtual care in Nova Scotia and identifies the province's specific priority areas moving forward. -
Notice: Prescription Drug List (PDL): Omeprazole
The purpose of this Notice of Amendment is to notify that Health Canada has revised the listing for omeprazole on the Prescription Drug List (PDL). Only the Human part of the... -
Health product advertising incidents related to COVID-19
COVID-19 is a new disease not previously identified in humans. Health Canada is closely tracking all potential drugs and vaccines in development in Canada and abroad. Learn more... -
Policy on Managing Health Risk Associated with the Consumption of Sprouted...
This policy on sprouted seeds and beans was developed following a health risk assessment (Health Canada, 2001, updated 2006). Health Canada's current opinion is that the... -
Water quality and health videos
Water quality affects everyone. Find out more about water pollution and your health. What the flood? Recreational water safety. -
Guidance Document: Data Protection under C.08.004.1 of the Food and Drug Regulations
Canada’s obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights require the granting of protection... -
Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Human Biomonitoring Data for...
Human biomonitoring is used to estimate exposure to environmental chemicals by measuring the chemical, its metabolites, or reaction products in biological specimens. Since 2007,... -
Safe Medical Devices in Canada
The Medical Devices Bureau of the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) is the national authority that monitors and evaluates the safety, effectiveness and quality of... -
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document...
Dicamba is a broad-spectrum chlorobenzoic acid herbicide used in large quantities for general weed control on grain crops, pastures and non-crop areas. The maximum acceptable... -
Consultation summary: Proposed guidance for Novel Food Regulations focused...
This report summarizes the feedback received through the consultation conducted in the Spring of 2021. -
Health Canada Proposal to Improve Food Colour Labelling Requirements
Current Canadian Requirements for Labelling Food Colours and proposal to improve food colour labelling requirements.