Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP)

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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

Where We Fit Within Health Canada

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Minister of Health

Deputy Minister

Associate Deputy Minister

Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB)

Strategic Policy Branch (SPB)

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB)

Pest Management Regulatory Agency

(PMRA)

Healthy Environments and Consumer Product Safety

Branch (HECSB)

Cannabis Legalization and

Regulation Branch (CLRB)

Regulatory, Operations and Enforcement Branch (ROEB)

Chief Financial Officer Branch (CFOB)

Communications and Public Affairs Branch

(CPAB)

Corporate Services Branch (CSB)

Minister is responsible for the Health Portfolio that includes, in addition to Health Canada, • Public Health Agency of Canada• Canadian Food Inspection Agency• Canadian Institutes for Health Research• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health

Opioid Response Team

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 DoThe 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

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Consumer Product Safety Directorate

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Consumer Product Safety DirectorateDirector General

Risk ManagementStrategies Division

Risk ManagementBureauDirector

Compliance & Enforcement Division

Risk Assessment BureauDirector

Surveillance & Information Division

Risk Assessment Division

Product Safety Laboratory

External Relations Division

Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau

Director

Planning, Outreach and Policy Unit

Evaluation Division

Regulatory, Operations &

Enforcement Branch

Consumer Product Safety

Director

Atlantic Region

Québec Region

Ontario Region

Prairie Region

British Columbia Region

Regulatory Assessment,

Compliance and Enforcement Division

Consumer Product Safety Program

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Risk Management Bureau

• Negotiate recalls, corrective measures and other compliance activities

• Develop regulations• Develop / review

standards• Conduct market and

establishment surveillance

Risk Assessment Bureau

• Triage incident reports on consumer products and cosmetics

• Surveillance of publically available information and other external data

• Assess product hazards conduct risk assessments

• Product testing• Develop / review product

standards• Publish advisories and fact sheets• Develop consumer safety

messaging• Respond to media and

stakeholder enquiries

Consumer Product Safety

• Conduct planned compliance projects

• Support company recall and assessment activities

• Educate different levels of trade on CCPSA

• Compliance promotion

Regulatory Operations &

Regions Branch

• Surveillance and Information DivisionSystems and business analysis and planning, data entry and quality control, triage and prioritization, surveillance coordination, epidemiology and cosmetic notification

• Risk Assessment DivisionHazard 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 DivisionInternational and intergovernmental relations, industry and consumer outreach and education

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Risk Assessment Bureau

• Risk Management Strategies DivisionRisk 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 DivisionIndustry compliance and enforcement activities and cyclical enforcement plans.

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Risk Management Bureau

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• Program spans entire country: 13 Offices in 6 Regions

• Product Safety Inspectors deliver the consumer product safety program across Canada

Regional Offices (ROEB)

Risk Assessment Framework

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Actions

Risk-based approach is used to identify priorities and select tools

Variety of responses may be applied

RA RM

InputsRecalls & AlertsCompliance & Enforcement

Incident Reporting

Surveillance Data

Risk Assessment

Other Jurisdictions

CPS Account

Stakeholders

Product Safety Laboratory

Our Decision Making Process

QUESTIONS?

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