Consumer Information
This consumer information page provides easy access to a wealth of resources about your health and the surrounding environment - air, water, land, food and consumer products.
For your health...
The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the environment and the health of Canadians by:
- addressing environmental hazards that are already impacting on the health and quality of life of Canadians
- taking action to ensure that future generations have a safe and healthy environment
Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health and Environment
Hazards in your environment
Personal Health
Food and Product Safety
Children's Products and Child Safety
Drugs and Health Products
- Adverse Reaction Reporting
- Adverse Reaction Reporting (MedEffect Canada)
- Drug Product Database
- Educational Tools for Consumers and Patients (MedEffect Canada)
- Educational Tools for Health Professionals (MedEffect Canada)
- How Drugs are Reviewed in Canada
- MedEffect Canada
- Medical Device Problem Reporting
- Notice of Compliance Database
- Safety and Effectiveness of Generic Drugs
- Safe Use of Health Products Containing Camphor and/or Eucalyptus Oils
- Safe Use of Health Products for Weight Loss
- Safe Use of Natural Health Products
- Status of Thalidomide in Canada
Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan
Food Safety
- Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
- Allergen Labelling
- Dioxins and Furans
- Drinking Water
- Drinking Water Chlorination
- Fluorides and Human Health
- Food Labelling
- Food Safety
- Garlic-In-Oil
- Genetically Modified (GM) Foods and Other Novel Foods
- Halloween Safety
- Holiday Food Safety
- Holiday Safety
- How to Avoid Illness from Hamburgers
- Listeria and Food Safety
- Listeria Investigation and Recall
- Let's Talk Turkey
- Meat and Poultry Labelling
- Mercury and Human Health
- Microwave Ovens and Food Safety
- Nutrition Labelling
- Risks Associated with Sprouts
- Safety of Food Additives
- Safety of Vitamin E Supplements
- Salmonella Prevention
- Trans Fat
- Unpasteurized Fruit Juice and Cider
Household Products
- Candle Safety
- Cool-Mist Humidifiers
- Lead-based Paint
- Lead Crystalware and Your Health
- Microwave Ovens and Food Safety
- Radiation Safety of Microwave Ovens
- Safe Use of Cookware
- Safety of Exposure to Electric and Magnetic Fields from Computer Monitors and Other Video Display Terminals
- Safety of Manmade Vitreous Fibres
- Selling Second-hand Products
- Smoke Detectors
- Vermiculite Insulation Containing Amphibole Asbestos
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