Health Canada has identified an additional unlicensed hair removal laser that may pose a serious risk to health. This device, being sold on the Internet by Bella Cosmedica, has the potential to cause significant eye damage due to the lack of sufficient safety features. More information is available online. Call 613-957-2983. Sandoz Canada Inc., in … Read more
Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) co-hosted a symposium in Toronto, attended by over 40 people, including officials from different levels of government, doctors, pharmacists, First Nations representatives, law enforcement and addictions specialists to discuss prescription drug abuse.The symposium, co-hosted and moderated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), focused on identifying actions to … Read more
The Government of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) are launching Break It Off, a joint tobacco cessation, awareness and outreach campaign aimed at young Canadians. This campaign is part of the Government of Canada’s multi-year $4.8 million investment to help young adults quit smoking and stay smoke-free. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Eve Adams (Mississauga-Brampton South, Ont.) was joined by Canadian Chef Christine Cushing at the Forest Hill Loblaw’s in Toronto to demonstrate how to make one of the new recipes from the Government of Canada’s Eat Well campaign. The government is committed to providing … Read more
Nipro Diagnostics Inc., in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling a limited number of its “TRUEtrack” blood glucose meters as a result of a potential error in displaying blood sugar levels. The Canadian version of the affected product is currently displaying glucose levels in milligrams per decilitre (mg/dl) rather than the standard millimoles per … Read more
Alive Health Centre, in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling two lots of its natural health product Alive Vitamins – Royal Jelly 1200 mg due to contamination with chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that may pose serious health risks to consumers. Chloramphenicol is associated with a rare risk of aplastic anemia, a serious blood disorder that … Read more
General Nutrition Centres Company (GNC), in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling its natural health product “Women’s Phytoestrogen Formula” – used for the relief of menopausal symptoms – due to possible contamination with chloramphenicol. Chloramphenicol, an antibiotic, may pose serious health risks to consumers as it’s associated with a rare risk of aplastic anemia, … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Eve Adams (Mississauga-Brampton South, Ont.) hosted a toy safety demonstration to highlight the importance of making safe toy choices when shopping for children this holiday season and encouraged Canadians to visit healthycanadians.gc.ca, a one stop shop for consumers. The full release is available … Read more
Health Canada is urging parents and caregivers to safeguard children against the strangulation hazard posed by products with cords. While exploring their natural environment, children can become entangled in cords, which can quickly lead to strangulation and even death. In recent years, there have been many reports of strangulation deaths and near-fatal incidents caused by cords … Read more
Health Canada said that the the only reliable way to make sure that meat, poultry, fish and seafood dishes reach safe internal cooking temperatures before serving is to use a digital food thermometer. Health Canada released a safe internal cooking temperatures chart to make sure that the food has been cooked to a safe internal … Read more
