Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 26: GOVERNMENT NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Summary
The Canada Gazette notice contains two main items. First, the government has issued a ministerial permit allowing one company (the notifier) to make or import the chemical castor oil, monomaleate (CAS 241153-84-4) but only for a short list of personal-care products at low concentrations and subject to record-keeping and transfer limits. Second, Environment and Health are proposing to add significant new-activity requirements for four alkanolamine chemicals (TEA, DEA, LDE, CDE) so companies would have to tell the government 90 days before starting certain new uses; the public can comment until August 27, 2026.
What it does
1) Ministerial condition: Grants one notifier permission to manufacture or import castor oil, monomaleate, but only for use in specific products (liquid body wash/shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, liquid hand soap and toothpaste) at concentrations up to 2.5% by weight. The notifier must keep records, tell anyone they transfer the substance to about the conditions, and get written agreement that recipients won’t use it for other products. This condition came into force on June 10, 2026. 2) Notice of intent: Proposes amending the Domestic Substances List so that any person planning certain “significant new activities” for four chemicals (TEA, DEA, LDE, CDE) must submit detailed notification at least 90 days before the new use begins. The proposal sets concentration and annual-quantity thresholds for products like air fresheners, cleaning sprays, cosmetics, toothpaste and mouthwash.
Who it affects
- The specific notifier company allowed to make or import castor oil, monomaleate, and any businesses that receive it from that notifier. - Manufacturers, importers and distributors of consumer products and cosmetics who use or might start new uses of TEA (triethanolamine), DEA (diethanolamine), LDE, or CDE. Examples include makers of air fresheners, cleaning sprays, shampoos, body washes, soaps, toothpaste, and mouthwashes. - Suppliers and downstream users who would need to track concentrations, quantities and transfers. - The general public indirectly, because the measures focus on human exposure from consumer products.
Why it matters
These actions limit how a particular chemical can enter consumer products and raise early-warning requirements for four other chemicals that can appear in everyday products. For ordinary people, that means the government is trying to reduce the chance that new or higher‑exposure uses of these chemicals reach consumers before health and environmental risks are checked. For businesses, the proposed rules could add new notification paperwork and timing constraints before they can launch or import products that exceed the listed thresholds.
Key dates
- Published
- June 27, 2026
- Comment deadline
- August 27, 2026
- Effective date
- 2026-06-10 (ministerial condition for castor oil, monomaleate). The proposed Domestic Substances List amendments are not yet in force; their effective date is to be set if and when an order is adopted.
Source: Canada Gazette