Environment committee  As of 2001, all substances in products under the Food and Drugs Act are regulated under CEPA using the NSNs. What we're asking for is that any of the substances used in the last 20 years simply be put on a list and put through a categorization process, just as existing substances

Environment committee  Actually, Mr. Ethier could probably clarify it with respect to the legal obligation.

Environment committee  I would again like to point out that the substances that are used in Food and Drugs Act products have been assessed under the Food and Drugs Act. They've either gone through a pre-market notification and assessment or a notification. The actual end product has been determined by

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. I will try to answer to the best of my abilities. It is my understanding that there are provisions provided by some of the trade associations for pharmaceutical collection and that there are programs in place to do it. I'm also aware that

Environment committee  On the issue you're raising with respect to labelling of our products, the products are designed for consumers to use, and for them to be effective. The labelling we use comes under the Hazardous Products Act, under the consumer chemical and containers regulations. There are clea

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for your question. The proposal we've suggested, of removing the word “toxic” and changing it to “assessment and management”, we really believe is a credible position to put forward for the committee to consider, because that's what the act does.

Environment committee  Regarding Mr. Warawa's question, I think the proposal that was put forward to Parliament--section 15 of Bill C-43, where it looks at changing the name to “Assessment and Management of Substances”--may address some of those concerns that the witnesses have raised here as well as t

Environment committee  That's because they have pre-market assessments under the Food and Drugs Act. So the actual product, the end product that consumers buy, has had a pre-market assessment. Human health and safety and efficacy have already been determined and those products are for sale. But there a

Environment committee  That's right.

Environment committee  It's a proposal that was based upon treating substances all the same, whether they're existing or new. Since these substances have been in commerce for 20 years, we think they're existing and should be treated as such, and they would be subject to a type of scientific assessment.

Environment committee  Certainly. The request we are making to committee with respect to including the in-commerce list as a list of existing substances in the legislation is that we would like the parameters of the in-commerce list to be defined in the bill. Right now, the domestic substances list i

Environment committee  On the 4,000?

Environment committee  Seven years.

Environment committee  They haven't announced the final results.

Environment committee  The government process of science-based categorization and screening of domestic substances is a mandated program under CEPA. The CEPA toxic designation is a different issue with respect to.... We're talking about what's been going on with substances that have been added to sched