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Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP)

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Departments and Agencies With A Role in Product Safety

• Health Canada

– among other things, HC is responsible for regulatory oversight of the following product classes: consumer products, food, therapeutic products, natural health products, medical devices and controlled substances

• Canada Border Services Agency

– facilitating and overseeing travel and trade across Canada's border

• Global Affairs Canada

– international trade

• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

– helping Canadian industry be more productive and competitive

• Transport Canada

– sets safety standards for the design, construction and importation of motor vehicles

Where We Fit Within Health Canada

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Minister of Health Deputy Minister Associate Deputy Minister

Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) Strategic Policy Branch (SPB) First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) Healthy Environments and Consumer Product Safety Branch (HECSB) Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Branch (CLRB) Regulatory, Operations and Enforcement Branch (ROEB) Chief Financial Officer Branch (CFOB) Communications and Public Affairs Branch (CPAB) Corporate Services Branch (CSB)

Minister is responsible for the Health Portfolio that includes, in addition to Health Canada,

• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health

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Our Program

• Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Program gets its

regulatory authority from the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) and the Food and Drugs Act (Cosmetic Regulations)

• The Program’s objective in administering and enforcing these

Acts and their regulations is to reduce adverse health incidents related to consumer products and cosmetics for all Canadians. Our Mission

• To identify, assess, manage and communicate health or safety

risks to Canadians, associated with consumer products and cosmetics.

What We Do

The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) conducts a wide range of

• activities. This includes:
• Surveillance
• Risk assessment and management
• Support for developing safety standards and guidelines
• Providing guidance to industry
• Providing importers, manufacturers and distributors with hazard and

technical information

• Testing
• Promoting safe selection and use of products to consumers
• Publishing Consumer Products Alerts and Recalls
• Coordinating international activities related to consumer product safety
• Regulatory development

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Consumer Product Safety Directorate

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Consumer Product Safety Directorate

Director General

Risk Management Strategies Division Risk Management Bureau Director Compliance & Enforcement Division Risk Assessment Bureau Director Surveillance & Information Division Risk Assessment Division Product Safety Laboratory External Relations Division Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau Director Planning, Outreach and Policy Unit Evaluation Division

Regulatory, Operations & Enforcement Branch

Consumer Product Safety Director Atlantic Region Québec Region Ontario Region Prairie Region British Columbia Region Regulatory Assessment, Compliance and Enforcement Division

Consumer Product Safety Program

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Risk Management Bureau

• Negotiate recalls,

corrective measures and

• ther compliance activities
• Develop regulations
• Develop / review

standards

• Conduct market and

establishment surveillance

Risk Assessment Bureau

• Triage incident reports on

consumer products and cosmetics

• Surveillance of publically available

information and other external data

• Assess product hazards conduct

risk assessments

• Product testing
• Develop / review product

standards

• Publish advisories and fact sheets
• Develop consumer safety

messaging

• Respond to media and

stakeholder enquiries

Consumer Product Safety

• Conduct planned

compliance projects

• Support company

recall and assessment activities

• Educate different

levels of trade on CCPSA

• Compliance

promotion

Regulatory Operations & Regions Branch

• Surveillance and Information Division

Systems and business analysis and planning, data entry and quality control, triage and prioritization, surveillance coordination, epidemiology and cosmetic notification

• Risk Assessment Division

Hazard analyses and risk assessment activities

• Product Safety Laboratory (accredited by SCC to ISO/IEC 17025)

Investigative testing of product hazards, development and validation of testing methodologies, participation in standards development processes

• External Relations Division

International and intergovernmental relations, industry and consumer outreach and education

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Risk Assessment Bureau

• Risk Management Strategies Division

Risk management measures, regulatory packages (with the support of Program Development Bureau) and advise on standards development (through organizations like ISO, ASTM international, and the Canadian Standards Association).

• Compliance and Enforcement Division

Industry compliance and enforcement activities and cyclical enforcement plans.

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Risk Management Bureau

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• Program spans entire country:

13 Offices in 6 Regions

• Product Safety Inspectors

deliver the consumer product safety program across Canada

Regional Offices (ROEB)

Risk Assessment Framework

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Actions

Risk- based approach is used to identify priorities and select tools Variety of responses may be applied

RA RM

Inputs

Recalls & Alerts Compliance & Enforcement Incident Reporting Surveillance Data Risk Assessment Other Jurisdictions CPS Account Stakeholders Product Safety Laboratory

Our Decision Making Process

QUESTIONS?

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