Canada's New Consumer Product Legislation: A Shield or a Sword?

Westlaw Journal Products Liability, Vol.21, Iss.12, Andrews Publications
January 2011


Peter J. Pliszka and Richard D. Butler offer their thoughts on how legislation now under consideration could turn Health Canada, the country's counterpart to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, into a regulatory powerhouse with expanded authority over consumer products and new power to order product recalls.