Environmental Assessment Unit
The Environmental Assessment Unit of the New Substances Assessment and Control Bureau has been established to conduct pre-manufacture and pre-import assessments of the potential environmental and health risk to the general population associated with environmental exposure to new substances in  Food and Drugs Act (F&DA) products such as human drugs, biologics, veterinary drugs, cosmetics, novel foods, food additives, natural health products and medical devices. The environmental assessments are undertaken through the New Substances Notification Regulations (NSNR) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) . Environmental regulations specific to substances in F&DA products are currently under development, however, until these regulations are complete, these substances are subject to the current NSNR.
For more information, please refer to the following documents:
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