Significant New Activity (SNAc) Notices

When Environment Canada and Health Canada suspect that a Significant New Activity in relation to the substance may result in the substance becoming toxic, a notice is issued to insure that adequate additional information is provided by the notifier or any other proponent who wish to manufacture, import or use of the substance for activities not specified by the notice. The additional information will allow Environment Canada and Health Canada to assess the potential environmental and human health risks associated with the new activities:

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The following is the list of published notices to date (certain links may take you to Chemicals and Polymers area of the website):

• Rescinding Significant New Activity Notice No. 12 445 pertaining to the living organism Fungus Fusarium species strain CK 46-8, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on March 11, 2006
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• Significant New Activity Notice No. 12 445 in respect of the living organism Fungus Fusarium species strain CK 46-8, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on April 10, 2004
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• Significant New Activity Notice No. 12 814 in respect of the living organism Modified Yeast, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on February 21, 2004
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• Significant New Activity Notice No. 12 623 in respect of the living organism Shewanella putrefaciens strain AB3-01, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on January 10, 2004
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• Significant New Acitivity No. 9350a with respect to the living organism Thiobacillus W5 consortium published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on November 30, 2002.
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• Significant New Activity Notice No. 9350 in respect of the living organism Thiobacillus W5 consortium published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on June 16, 2001
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