Yesterday, Health Canada’s tobacco inspectors conducted simultaneous seizures of little cigars at three Quebec-based importers. / Hier, des inspecteurs du tabac de Santé Canada ont procédé à des saisies simultanées de petits cigares chez trois importateurs du Québec.

17 weight loss products; Uprizing 2.0; Get Stiff, Maxi Mize; Ying Da Wang tablets; Slimina weightloss capsules, S-shape slim capsules; Athri-Eze, Sear Heang Tienchi Tu Chung Wan, Wiku Jahe Kencur (Akur Mujarab), Cap Wijaya Kusuma (An Ki It); Cardiotium, Paidusu, SlimEasy Herbs Capsule, Tianran Zuanshi Xianweisu; [LuShenPai] Specific Hou Ton Qing, [AA] Pe Min Kan Wan / 17 weight loss products; Uprizing 2.0; Get Stiff, Maxi Mize; Ying Da Wang tablets; Slimina weightloss capsules, S-shape slim capsules; Athri-Eze, Sear Heang Tienchi Tu Chung Wan, Wiku Jahe Kencur (Akur Mujarab), Cap Wijaya Kusuma (An Ki It); Cardiotium, Paidusu, SlimEasy Herbs Capsule, Tianran Zuanshi Xianweisu; [LuShenPai] Specific Hou Ton Qing, [AA] Pe Min Kan Wan

Ms. Eve Adams, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Brampton South, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister of Health, today announced support to the Canadian Home Care Association for the development of a policy planning and evaluation tool, called the Home Care Policy Lens.

Further to previous communications, Health Canada is advising Canadians that we have identified two additional Male and Female Harmony retail stores that were selling unauthorized health products.

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister of Health, and the Honourable Don McMorris, Saskatchewan Health Minister, today announced funding to help attract, train and retain internationally educated health professionals for the Saskatchewan health workforce.

Health Canada is informing Canadians that our review of Champix is now complete and the label has been updated with new information with respect to cardiovascular safety. Champix (the brand name for varenicline tartrate) is a prescription drug used to help patients quit smoking in combination with supportive counselling.

As the rate of obesity has increased in Canada, so has the market for weight-loss products. While authorized health products for weight loss may provide benefits when used properly as part of a weight management program, the use of unauthorized health products may pose serious risks to your health.

Horizon Health Network’s Centre of Excellence for Clinical Smoking Cessation will expand a smoking cessation model of care to a variety of health-care settings in Atlantic Canada over the coming months.

The wooden base of the table can collapse, posing an impact hazard if the base or tempered-glass top fell onto consumers.

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced that updated child car seat safety regulations come into force on January 1, 2012.

Health Canada is informing Canadians and Canadian healthcare practitioners that Smiths Medical is conducting a North American voluntary recall of certain lot numbers (see below) of Bivona® Neonatal, Pediatric and Flextend Tracheostomy Tubes.

Health Canada is informing Canadians of Pfizer Canada’s instruction for the correct use of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr., particularly the correct way to remove the blue safety caps.

In light of the recent company decision (Novartis press release) to stop a multi-national clinical trial known as the ALTITUDE study, Health Canada is informing Canadians that it is reviewing the safety of the prescription blood-pressure drug Rasilez (the brand name for aliskiren).

The heels of the shoes can lean to either side, posing a fall hazard to consumers.

Food is an important part of many holiday celebrations. However, many of the foods found at holiday parties, such as baked goods, eggnog, cider, seafood and turkey, can carry bacteria that cause illness.

Health Canada's sampling and evaluation program has revealed that the recalled piece of jewellery contains lead in excess of the allowable limit.

Cases of people swallowing button batteries reported to manufacturers and health officials that result in serious internal injury and death are on the rise.

Health Canada is updating Canadians with respect to its review of bisphosphonate drugs, used to treat osteoporosis, and the risk of a rare but serious type of thigh bone fracture known as an "atypical femur fracture."

The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Member of Parliament for Blackstrap and Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today attended the grand opening of the Whitecap Dakota First Nations Health Centre in Saskatchewan.

This holiday season, Health Canada is reminding consumers that high levels of lead and cadmium can be found in a wide variety of children’s jewellery products sold in Canada.