Soap and Detergent/Environment Committee
CCSPA's Soap and Detergent/Environment Committee meets four times per year to discuss issues surrounding the regulation of soaps and detergents. This past year, the committee focused on the following:
- C-36, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and Regulations
- Chemicals Management Plan (CMP)
- Draft Regulations for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
- Waste Issues in Ontario, specifically, the Waste Diversion Act, the Blue Box Review, and Phase 1-3 for Municipal Hazardous & Special Waste (MHSW)
- Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations 2001
- Competition Bureau - Labelling and Made in Canada
- Hazard-based Labelling Issues
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"SDA is not a member, but as the president of a sister association with a much larger staff, I am always amazed at the amount and quality of the work done by the CCSPA's small staff and its extraordinary effectiveness."
Ernie Rosenberg President and Chief Executive Officer The Soap and Detergent Association |
Registered Products Committee (RPC)
This CCSPA Committee meets four times per year to discuss key issues surrounding the regulation of biocides, antimicrobials and pest control products. This past year, the committee focused mainly on the following issues:
- Disinfectants and new indirect efficacy claims, plus elements of Division 1 and the Food & Drugs Act that require exemptions for disinfectants under a new legislative framework (C-51)
- Provincial regulation in Ontario, PEI, New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Alberta
- North American Free Trade Agreement Technical Working Group (NAFTA TWG) activities
- Extensive activity on PMRA performance standards via EMAC
- Labelling of domestic pest control products
- Updating of PMRA regulatory directives and communications documents.
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"CCSPA is an exceptionally effective industry trade association. Its Board of Directors, committees and staff are dedicated stewards looking out for the interests of the entire membership. This association, through it results-oriented proactive leadership, has garnered the respect of the highest levels of the Canadian government."
Chris Cathcart President Consumer Specialty Products Association |
Public Affairs Committee
CCSPA's Public Affairs Committee provides strategic direction on the development of public relations materials to increase consumer awareness of the benefits of our members' products. In 2009, CCSPA established partnerships with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH) to publish an education kit entitled William! Won't You Wash Your Hands?. This book was announced with Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and David Butler-Jones, Canada's Chief Medical Officer of Health, in May 2009. CCSPA and CICH distributed this book to over 13,000 child care facilities and 500 politicians! Building on the success of the 2009 initiative, CCSPA and CICH have been able to provide these materials to consumers in 5 additional languages.