September 20 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Canada has updated the list of products being recalled by Vita Health due to labelling issues. The latest product to be recalled by Vita Health is Life Brand Extra Strength Muscle and Back Pain. For full details concerning this product are available online. Call 613-957-2983. The Public Health Agency of Canada, along with its … Read more

September 19 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Canada has updated the list of products being recalled by Vita Health due to labeling issues. The latest product to be recalled by Vita Health is Encounter Junior Strength Acetaminophen Tablets. More information is available online. Call 1-800-267-9675.

September 13 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Canada has updated the list of products being recalled by Vita Health due to labeling issues. The latest products to be recalled by Vita Health are Personelle Ultra Headache Relief and Cold and Flu-in-One Extra Strength Convenience Pack. For full details concerning these products, more information is available online. Call 613-957-2983. Health Canada is … Read more

September 10 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) addressed the 2013 North America Consumer Product Safety Summit in Ottawa. The minister highlighted the important role international cooperation plays in protecting the health and safety of Canadians and reaffirmed the Government of Canada's commitment to consumer product safety. The 2013 summit, which builds on work initiated at … Read more

September 9 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Canada wishes to inform Canadians that Vita Health Products Inc. has voluntarily recalled a variety of health products from the Canadian market because of labelling issues. The recalled products pose a risk to health because the labels contain errors such as suggesting packages are child resistant when they are not, or are missing warning … Read more

September 5 – Health Canada – Press Release

Esme-28 (DIN 02388146), an oral contraceptive (birth control product), is being voluntarily recalled from the Canadian market by Mylan Pharmaceuticals. This action is further to their recall of a different birth control product, Freya-28, which was recalled on Aug. 27, 2013, after one package was found to contain a placebo pill in place of an … Read more

August 30 – Health Canada – Press Release

Vita Health Products Inc., in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling certain lots of "Life", "Exact", "Rexall" and "Tanta" brands of its Extra Strength Allergy Sinus Medication due to a labeling error. The warning statement to not use these products if you have chronic lung disease is missing from the inner printing on the … Read more

August 29 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) encouraged Canadians who may be at risk for cancer to talk to their physician about screening. The full release is available online. Call 613-957-0200.

August 28 – Health Canada – Press Release

Freya-28, an oral contraceptive (birth control product), is being voluntarily recalled from the Canadian market by Mylan Pharmaceuticals after a pharmacy reported that a placebo pill was found in place of an active pill in one package. Packages of Freya-28 should have three rows of active (white) pills and one row of placebo (green) pills. … Read more

August 26 – Health Canada – Press Release

Health Canada is warning consumers that dangerous unauthorized health products labeled as being distributed by "OM Fusion Distributors LLC" were once again found on the Canadian market. The Slavic Store, 17107 James McKevitt Road SW (suite 30), Calgary were selling "OM Fusion" products and other unauthorized health products, including antibiotics, antifungal and anti-inflammatory drugs that … Read more