Further to our previous update regarding our June meeting with Health Minister Duclos, the promised joint industry/Health Canada working group to develop a workable solution to the China GMP certificate issue has now been established and held its first meeting on July 26th. The joint committee was proposed by the Minister to find a workable Read More
The long-awaited amendments to Canada’s Food & Drugs Act banning animal testing on cosmetics was passed by Parliament in June and will officially become law in December. CA hosted a member webinar to explain the Cdn. regulatory context for cosmetics and how the ban fits within it, review the specific wording of the amendments, and Read More
The 17th annual meeting of the International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) was held July 11 – 13 in Brazil. Dr. Alex Campos (ANVISA – Brazilian Regulator) and Mr. Joao Carlos Basilio (ABIHPEC – Brazilian Cosmetic Trade Association) welcomed the world to the first in-person ICCR meeting since 2019, when Canada last hosted this important Read More
CA’s Darren Praznik and Beta Montemayor were active participants in the first post-covid in-person Annual Conference of Cosmetics Europe. Beta, who is CA’s resident environmental toxicologist (one of only four among our industry’s trade associations), played a leading role in representing CA in the meeting of the International Associations Collaboration (IAC) held in conjunction with Read More
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was in Toronto this Tuesday to hold a media event with our stakeholder alliance to formally announce the passage by Parliament of amendments to the Food & Drug Act banning cosmetic animal testing in Canada. The wording of specific amendments are spelled out in our June 2 update. The Read More
CA was very pleased to host a critical meeting with Canada’s Health Minister, the Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos at our Mississauga office this past Tuesday. The Ministerial Roundtable meeting was organized in conjunction with the Minister’s media conference in Toronto on the passage of the cosmetic animal testing ban amendments to the Food & Drugs Read More
Victory! Cosmetics animal testing and trade will be banned in Canada Minister Duclos joins animal protection coalition and cosmetics industry in celebrating passage of landmark legislation OTTAWA, Ontario (23 June 2023) ― Cosmetics animal testing and trade will officially be banned in Canada, after the Canadian government today passed measures through the Budget Implementation Act Read More
CA President Darren Praznik was invited by PCPC to participate in their annual Legal & Regulatory Conference which they recently held in Quebec City. Addressing the gathering, Darren outlined the unified approach of our Canadian, US, and Mexican industry associations in the CUSMA/USMCA trade negotiations and the significant benefits which our joint negotiating “team” were Read More
Bill S-5 (modernization of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act) has finally passed 3rd reading in the House of Commons and has now returned to the Senate for final debate and adoption. Due to the pre-study activity in the Senate, the bill is expected to pass in the next couple of weeks before the summer recess. As Read More
CA President Darren Praznik was invited to appear before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (May 11) as well as the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (May 18) to speak to the government’s proposed legislation for a ban on cosmetics animal testing. The ban is being considered as part of Read More
