Investigate consumer and trade complaints. Investigate and regulate the sale, advertisement and importation of hazardous or potentially hazardous products through the administration of the Hazardous Products Act . Carry out assessments of environmental impact under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act when a federal department is involved. Coordinate other projects in the environmental health domain. Under a contribution agreement with the Province of Ontario, provincial Public Health inspectors inspect and investigate retailers of tobacco products to ensure compliance with federal tobacco legislation and visit schools and police detachments to explain the legislation.
Staff provide technical advice and assistance to provincial colleagues.