Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has been working on an initiative called Transformation for several years.
PMRA reform process Started almost 3 years agoin the run-up to the 2021 federal election, this first “transformation” calls for greater transparency, increased use of real-world data and independent advice, stronger human health and environmental protections, and targeted reviews of The focus was on four areas. pest control product law
Mack Ross, vice president of trade policy and crop protection at the Canadian Grain Council, says some notable changes have already occurred within the PMRA since the process began.
“We’ve been concerned internationally about a move away from science-based decision-making with respect to some of our trading partners,” but we’ve never been concerned about Canada moving away from science-based decision-making. Never,” Ross said. “For the first time, we wondered if there were cracks in the armor of the firewall around PMRA.”
He said some of the changes over the past three years, such as the development of a national water monitoring program, have been positive, but the policy and business management areas that the Canadian Grain Council wants to advance in the name of policy development said there are others. A predictable and cost-competitive agricultural regulatory structure.
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