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-6, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and Amendments
• Chemicals Management Plan (CMP)
• Draft Regulations for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Phosphorus in Cleaning Products
• Waste Issues in Ontario, specifically, the design of MHSW, Phase 2-3, and the Blue Box Review
• Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations 2001
• Competition Bureau - Labelling

"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 and Alberta
• North American Free Trade Agreement Technical Working Group (NAFTA TWG) activities
• Extensive activity on PMRA performance standards via EMAC

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. This group meets face-to-face twice a year and holds conference call meetings regularly. 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!

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Ad Hoc Working Group

CCSPA's GHS Ad Hoc Working Group participates in and receives updates on all areas of the GHS initiative in order to ensure our industry's input into all government committees. Sub-committees of the group include the Consumer Products Sub-committee, the Workplace Chemicals Sub-committee, and the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Sub-committee. CCSPA also participates in a North American coalition with the Soap and Detergent Association (US) and the Consumer Specialty Products Association (US). Our goal is to ensure timed implementation of GHS.