Author : Canada. Health Products and Food Branch
Publisher : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN :
Book Description
The mandate of the Health Products & Food Branch (HPFB) is to take an integrated approach to the management of the risks & benefits to health related to health products & food. This report highlights the science & research activities carried out by the HPFB in support of its mandate in such areas as evaluating & monitoring the safety of drugs, medical devices, natural health products, & other therapeutic products; developing nutrition policies & standards; and ensuring the safety of food & food products. It provides a historical context by outlining the evolution of health-related science pertaining to health products & foods within the federal government and describes the activities conducted in HPFB's directorates, secretriat, offices, & regions. It then describes the laboratory-based science conducted in HPFB's 16 laboratories and the non-laboratory-based science conducted throughout the HPFB.