This Advisory note is to inform manufacturers and importers of living organisms and other stakeholders of revisions to the Guidelines for the Notification and Testing of New Substances: Organisms. These changes and updates are in part the result of the coming into force of the New Substances Notification Regulations (Organisms) on October 31, 2005.

To view the complete advisory note, published on the Government of Canada’s website, please visit: New Substances Program Advisory Note 2006-05