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Health Canada is warning parents and caregivers about two unauthorized children's syrups for thinning mucus, Robikids and Solmux, seized from Kamshoppe, which advertised the products on Facebook. Both products are labelled to contain carbocisteine, a…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-03-16
Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products that it removed from sale from Kausch International Goods’ online Facebook store and its associated warehouse in Calgary, AB. The unauthorized products were labelled or previously…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-03-01
Health Canada is warning consumers about an unauthorized health product, Kobayashi Eyebon Eye Wash, Cool format, which it seized from Oceanbuy, a store located in Markham ON, and removed from online sale. The unauthorized product was labelled in Japanese…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-02-22
Health Canada seized unauthorized health products from two natural food stores in Sudbury, Ontario, because the products are labelled to contain prescription or controlled drugs, which may pose serious health risks.
The unauthorized products include…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-02-20
Health Canada is warning consumers about an unauthorized health product, Solmux Carbocisteine Mucolytic, that it removed from sale from Palengke Pinoy, a retail store in Camrose, AB, and an online store on Facebook. This unauthorized product was…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-02-17
UPDATE: February 7, 2023
One lot of APO-Amitriptyline recalled due to a nitrosamine impurity
Apotex Inc. is recalling one lot of APO-Amitriptyline (lot PY1904) 10 mg tablets due to the presence of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a nitrosamine…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-02-07
Affected lot exceeds concentration limit for N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) at the 48-month stability testing timepoint.
RecallHealth product recall | 2023-02-07
Health Canada is warning that intraocular lenses are not licensed to replace a patient’s natural, healthy lens (without cataracts) and that their use for this purpose comes with risks that may outweigh the benefits.
Entities such as surgical eye…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-02-03
Health Canada removed various unauthorized health products from sale from More to Shoppe, an online Facebook store, and from its warehouse in Edson, Alberta. The products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-01-20
UPDATED INFORMATION – 2023/01/17
Neutralization data for the following SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants have been added to the Canadian Product Monograph: Omicron BA.2.75.2, BF.7, BJ.1, BN.1, BQ.1, BQ.1.1, and XBB. See Table 1 (below) for a summary…
AlertHealth professional risk communication | 2023-01-17
On December 9, 2022, Health Canada authorized a new formulation of the bivalent vaccine, COMIRNATY Original & Omicron BA.4/BA.5, as a booster dose for active immunization against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory…
AlertHealth professional risk communication | 2022-12-09
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare ULC is recalling one lot of TUMS Peppermint Regular Strength tablets after some tablets were found to contain fragments of fibreglass and other material, including paper and aluminum foil. The product is sold in a…
AlertPublic advisory | 2022-11-30
The seals of the affected batch may be defective.
RecallHealth product recall | 2022-10-18
On October 7, 2022, Health Canada authorized the bivalent vaccine, COMIRNATY Original & Omicron BA.4/BA.5, as a booster dose for active immunization against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
AlertHealth professional risk communication | 2022-10-07
Certain lots of hand sanitizers do not meet Health Canada requirements. Issues include:
containing (or possibly containing) ingredients that are not permitted by Health Canada;
containing undeclared impurities at elevated levels;
improper…
AlertPublic advisory | 2022-09-12