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Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP)

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 2

Where We Fit Within Health Canada Minister is responsible for the Health Portfolio Minister of that includes, in addition to Health Canada, Health • Public Health Agency of Canada • Canadian Food Inspection Agency • Canadian Institutes for Health Research Deputy • Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Minister Associate Deputy Minister The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health Pest Management Health Products and Strategic Policy First Nations and Inuit Regulatory Agency Food Branch (HPFB) Branch (SPB) Health Branch (FNIHB) (PMRA) Cannabis Regulatory, Operations Healthy Environments Chief Financial Officer Legalization and and Enforcement and Consumer Branch (CFOB) Regulation Branch Branch (ROEB) Product Safety (CLRB) Branch (HECSB) Communications and Corporate Services Opioid Response Public Affairs Branch Branch (CSB) Team (CPAB) 3

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 5

Consumer Product Safety Directorate Regulatory, Consumer Product Safety Directorate Operations & Director General Enforcement Branch Risk Assessment Risk Management Workplace Hazardous Consumer Bureau Bureau Materials Bureau Product Safety Director Director Director Director Atlantic Region Surveillance & Planning, Outreach and Risk Management Information Division Policy Unit Strategies Division Québec Region Risk Assessment Compliance & Evaluation Division Division Enforcement Division Ontario Region Prairie Region Product Safety Regulatory Laboratory Assessment, Compliance and British Columbia Enforcement Division Region External Relations Division 6

Consumer Product Safety Program Regulatory Operations & Regions Branch Risk Management Risk Assessment Bureau Bureau Consumer • Triage incident reports on Product Safety consumer products and cosmetics • Negotiate recalls, • Surveillance of publically available corrective measures and • Conduct planned information and other external other compliance activities compliance projects data • Develop regulations • Support company • Assess product hazards conduct • Develop / review recall and risk assessments standards assessment • Product testing • Conduct market and activities • Develop / review product establishment surveillance • Educate different standards levels of trade on • Publish advisories and fact sheets CCPSA • Develop consumer safety • Compliance messaging promotion • Respond to media and stakeholder enquiries 7

Risk Assessment Bureau • 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 8

Risk Management 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. 9

Regional Offices (ROEB) • Program spans entire country: 13 Offices in 6 Regions • Product Safety Inspectors deliver the consumer product safety program across Canada 10

Risk Assessment Framework Actions 11

Our Decision Making Process Inputs Recalls & Alerts Compliance & Enforcement Incident Risk- Reporting based Variety of approach Surveillance Data responses is used to may be identify Risk Assessment applied priorities Other and select Jurisdictions tools CPS Account Stakeholders Product Safety Laboratory RA RM

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