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Reminders

Reminders

Reminder for DIN Renewals As a DIN Owner, you should have received your Annual DIN Renewal package from Health Canada. These are due to be submitted by July 29, 2022. Should you require assistance with this, please reach out. FDA User Fees For OTC Monograph Drug...

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California Assembly Bill No. 818

California Assembly Bill No. 818

If your company sells or intends to sell disposable wipes in the State of California, this bill will be important to you. The bill was signed on October 06, 2021 and requires premoistened nonwoven disposable wipes manufactured on or after July 1, 2022, to be labelled...

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New Legislation for North Carolina

New Legislation for North Carolina

A new act - HB 528 - will require cosmetic manufacturers to disclose on their website the full list of ingredients, including component ingredients within fragrances, flavours and colour additives. In addition, manufacturers would be required to disclose the CAS...

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Amendment to the Quebec Charter of the French Language

Amendment to the Quebec Charter of the French Language

When it comes to trademarks, there is currently an exemption for French-language requirements for owners of “recognized trademarks” who may display a trademark in a language other than French as long as the trademark is legally recognized as a trademark and there is...

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Potential Presence of Toxic Substances in Cosmetics

Potential Presence of Toxic Substances in Cosmetics

If you are a manufacturer, distributor, importer, or consumer of Cosmetics in Canada, please read the following information for the safety of the environment and human health: Certain cosmetics contain chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The...

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FDA OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG USER FEE RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

FDA OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG USER FEE RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

On March 14, 2022, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the rates for over the counter (OTC) monograph drug user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2022 in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) titled ‘Over-The-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Rates for FY 2022”....

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