Contact Us

On the Health Canada Web site, each navigation section (listed on the left-hand side of the screen) has its own Contact Us page. To find contact information for topics other than Food & Nutrition, view the list of Contact Us pages for each section.

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Choose any of these topics for contact information:

• Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
• Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
• Food and Nutrition Surveillance
• Food Labelling
• Food Safety
• Genetically Modified (GM) Foods and Other Novel Foods
• International Activities
• Nutrition and Healthy Eating
• Public Involvement and Consultation
• Research Programs and Analytical Methods
• Legislation and Guidelines
• Reports and Publications

Don't see the topic of your enquiry listed here? Contact Health Canada General Inquiries and your message will be directed to the appropriate area.

Advisories, Warnings and Recalls

For information about:

• Food-related advisories, warnings and recalls contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
• Health Canada's role in food-related advisories, warnings and recalls, contact Health Canada's Food Directorate.
• Veterinary drug-related advisories, warnings and recalls contact the Veterinary Drugs Directorate.

Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

• Order a print copy of the Canada Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
• Food Guide FAQ -- have you looked for the answer to your question?
• Contact the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

Food and Nutrition Surveillance

Contact the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion for information about:

• Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)
• Facts and Trends
• Food Expenditure Survey
• Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children
• National Population Health Survey (NPHS) 
• Nutrition Indicators

Contact the Food Directorate for information about:.

• Provincial Nutrition Surveys
• Total Diet Study
• Fish and Seafood Survey
• National Surveillance of Potentially Hazardous Chemicals in Foods
• Trace Metal Analysis -- Infant Formula

Food Labelling

For information about:

• Allergen labelling, contact the Food Allergen Program.
• Nutrition labelling education, contact the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
• Nutrition labelling regulations and guidelines, please visit the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)’s Nutrition Labelling page.

Food Safety

For information about:

• Veterinary drugs and their effect on food, contact the Veterinary Drugs Directorate.
• Chemical contaminants and food, contact the Bureau of Chemical Safety.
• Food allergies, contact the Food Allergen Program.
• Food-related illnesses, contact the Bureau of Microbial Hazards -- Research Division.
• Assessments of the effectiveness of the CFIA’s activities related to food safety, contact the Bureau of Food Safety Assessment.
• Issues with specific food products or packaging materials contact the Food Directorate.
• Safe Food Handling contact the Food Directorate or the Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education.

Genetically Modified (GM) Foods and Other Novel Foods

• For information about novel foods and pre-market notifications and submissions, contact Food Directorate - Novel Foods..

International Activities

• For information about Codex Alimentarius, contact the Office of the Codex Contact Point for Canada.

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

For information about:

• Most nutrition and healthy eating enquiries, contact the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
• Canadian Nutrient File, e-mail cnfusers@hc-sc.gc.ca.
• Trans fat, email transfat-grastrans@hc-sc.gc.ca.
• Vitamins and Minerals, contact the Food Directorate.

Public Involvement and Consultation

• For information about public involvement and consultation, contact the Office of Consumer and Public Involvement.

Research Programs and Analytical Methods

For information about:

• Chemical methods, contact the Bureau of Chemical Safety.
• Microbiological methods, contact the Bureau of Microbial Hazard -- Evaluation Division.
• Food research, contact the Food Research Division.
• Healthy eating research, contact the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
• Microbiology research, contact the Bureau of Microbial Hazards -- Research Division.
• Nutrition research, macronutrients and micronutrients, contact the Nutrition Research Division.

Legislation and Guidelines

• For information about legislation and guidelines, contact the Food Directorate.

Reports and Publications

• Order printed copies of Health Canada publications.

General Inquiries

Don't see the topic of your enquiry listed here? Contact Health Canada General Inquiries and your message will be directed to the appropriate area.