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Unauthorized blood glucose (sugar)-reading smartwatches may pose serious health risks to people with diabetes
Health Canada is warning people with diabetes and parents/caregivers of people with diabetes that various social media and online retail platforms are promoting unauthorized blood glucose-reading smartwatches. These devices have not been assessed for…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-29
Donepezil 10 mg tablets: One lot recalled due to possible oversized tablets
Pro Doc Limitée is recalling one lot of Donepezil (donepezil hydrochloride) 10 mg tablets due to the possibility that some bottles might contain oversized tablets. Health Canada is warning patients and their caregivers that taking an oversized…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-24
Unauthorized skin lightening and skin treatment products may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is advising about unauthorized health products for lightening skin or treating skin conditions (such as eczema or psoriasis) that may pose serious health risks. The products are labelled to contain or have been tested and found to…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-20
Shortage of Nitroglycerin Sprays and Tablets in Canada
UPDATE: November 10, 2023 – Extended Shortage of Mylan’s Nitroglycerin Spray
Mylan is reporting ongoing supply issues with an unknown resolution date for its shortage of nitroglycerin 0.4 MG/ACT spray.
Health Canada, together with its partners, is…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-10
Unlabelled Herbaland brand gummy vitamins and supplements sold in bulk may pose serious health risks
Herbaland Naturals Inc. is recalling all Herbaland gummy vitamins and supplements sold in bulk because they may pose serious health risks if misused, particularly for children and pregnant people. The products were sold at various bulk, low- or zero-…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-10
Sabril (vigabatrin) 500 mg sachets and tablets found to contain trace amounts of another drug
UPDATE – November 9, 2023:
Further to the advisory below, in discussion with Health Canada, Lundbeck Canada Inc. is releasing one lot of Sabril (vigabatrin) 500 mg tablets on the Canadian market found to contain trace amounts of another…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-09
Unauthorized sexual enhancement products may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is advising about unauthorized sexual enhancement products that may pose serious health risks. The products are labelled to contain or have been tested and found to contain dangerous ingredients. Health Canada updates the table when it…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-08
Cord blood banked at the Canadian Cord Blood bioRepository in Edmonton, Alberta, may pose serious health risks
A site visit by Health Canada to the Canadian Cord Blood bioRepository (CCBR), located in Edmonton, Alberta, has identified significant issues that may pose serious health risks. The issues identified at the site could lead to the possibility of…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-11-01
Buying your health products on the Internet? Know the risks
As part of Operation Pangea XVI—an international effort led by INTERPOL to disrupt the online sale of counterfeit and other illegal health products around the world—Health Canada is reminding consumers to be careful when buying health products over…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-10-31
Unauthorized health products seized from online retailer “UU Zone” may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from UU Zone, an online retailer, based in Markham, ON. The products are labelled to contain medicinal drugs and may pose serious health risks.
Selling unauthorized health…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-10-25
Poppers are unauthorized and may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is advising about unauthorized products promoted as "poppers" that may pose serious health risks. "Poppers" is a slang term for products that contain alkyl nitrites. Despite being labelled for various uses such as leather cleaners…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-10-06
Unauthorized health products seized from a Tokyo Beauty and Healthcare store in Richmond, B.C., may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from a Tokyo Beauty and Healthcare store in Richmond, B.C. (120 - 8191 Westminster Highway). The products are labelled to contain prescription, controlled or over-the-counter…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-09-18
Unauthorized health products seized from stores in the Greater Toronto Area because they may pose serious health risks
UPDATE (August 22, 2023):
Health Canada is warning consumers about four additional unauthorized health products, including eye drops, a skin ointment and granules for swallowing (to relieve tonsil or throat inflammation), that it seized from Asia…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-08-22
Caffeinated energy drinks: what you should know
Caffeinated energy drinks are beverages or mixes that contain added caffeine, usually along with other ingredients, such as, vitamins, minerals, taurine and/or herbal ingredients. These products can also contain guarana and yerba mate, which are natural…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-08-21
Unauthorized health products seized from Yang Sheng Health Food and G&R Ginseng Trading stores in Richmond, B.C., may pose serious health risks
Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from Yang Sheng Health Food Ltd. and two G&R Ginseng Trading Ltd. locations in Richmond, B.C. These products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose…
AlertPublic advisory | 2023-08-11