Health Canada - HPFB

About Health Canada

Health Canada is responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health. It ensures that high-quality health services are accessible, and works to reduce health risks.

Health Products and Food Branch

The Health Products and Food Branch’s (HPFB) mandate is to manage the health-related risks and benefits of health products and food by:

  • minimizing health risk factors to Canadians while maximizing the safety provided by the regulatory system for health products and food
  • providing information to Canadians so they can make healthy, informed decisions about their health