Guidance Documents
Our guidance reviews help environmental health professionals to contextualize evidence and identify relevant best practice recommendations, guidance, and tools in emerging subject areas. These documents summarize existing recommendations and guidelines from across multiple agencies and are produced via rapid reviews of academic and grey literature, expert consultation, and cooperation with external partners. These documents do not supersede provincial or federal guidance or regulations.
Flood zones can pose a number of hazards as people evacuate, and when they return to their homes, farms, or businesses following a flood. Some of these hazards may be difficult to spot. This poster…
NCCEH Flood hazards 8.5x11 Final.pdf480.75 KB
Dinakdakan is a popular appetizer dish originating from the Ilocos region in the Philippines. This dish typically consists of cooked pig organs such as ears,liver, face, stomach, and/or intestines,…
Microbial Risks and Canadian Regulations for Specialty Ethnic Foods- Pork dinakdakan.pdf1.82 MB
Ceviche is a popular dish in Central and South America, and is rapidly gaining popularity in Canada and the US. Typically, raw fish or shellfish such as shrimp or scallops are marinated in lime or…
Microbial Risks and Canadian Regulations for Specialty Ethnic Foods- Ceviche.pdf1.4 MB
Personal cultivation as described by the Cannabis Act (2017) will permit adults to cultivate up to four cannabis plants per household as of October 17, 2018. The Canadian Federal government will be…
Fact Sheet - Environmental Health Risks of Personal Cannabis Cultivation - Oct 2018.pdf203.04 KB
What are cyanobacteria? Cyanobacteria, or ‘blue-green algae,’ are naturally occurring microscopic organisms found in fresh, brackish, or marine water. Under conditions such as warmer water…
Boil water advisories are issued when water testing detects higher than accepted amounts of microbial indicators or when there are deficiencies with water treatment. The fear of not issuing a boil…
Microbial_Indicators_Jan_2013.pdf253.27 KB