records should be kept either in the form of purchase/sales invoices or on computer, or in any other form for any transaction in medicinal products brokered and should contain at least the following information: date; name of the medicinal product; quantity brokered; name and address of the supplier and the customer; and batch number at least for products bearing the safety features.

The distribution records should be readily accessible to the person(s) responsible for the recall, and should contain sufficient information on distributors and directly supplied customers (with addresses, phone and/or fax numbers inside and outside working hours, batch numbers at least for medicinal products bearing safety features as required by legislation and quantities delivered), including those for exported products and medicinal product samples.

Selection of a container and packaging should be based on the storage and transportation requirements of the medicinal products; the space required for the amount of medicines; the anticipated external temperature extremes; the estimated maximum time for transportation including transit storage at customs; the qualification status of the packaging and the validation status of the shipping containers.

medicinal products returned from a customer not holding a wholesale distribution authorisation or from pharmacies authorised to supply medicinal products to the public should only be returned to saleable stock if they are returned within an acceptable time limit, for example 10 days.

Records must include at least the following information: date; name of the medicinal product; quantity received, supplied or brokered; name and address of the supplier, customer, broker or consignee, as appropriate; and batch number at least for medicinal product bearing the safety features

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canadian Food Inspection Agency Canadian Grain Commission Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Canadian Heritage Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Canada National Archives of Canada The National Battlefields Commission National Film Board National Library of Canada Parks Canada Public Service Commission of Canada Status of Women Canada Citizenship and Immigration Canada Immigration and Refugee Board Environment Canada Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Department of Finance Canada Office of the Auditor General of Canada Canadian International Trade Tribunal Financial Transactions and Rep ...[+++]orts Analysis Centre of Canada Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canadian International Development Agency NAFTA Secretariat-Canadian Section Northern Pipeline Agency Canada Health Canada Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission Canada Canadian Institutes of Health Research Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada Human Resources Development Canada Canada Industrial Relations Board Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission Industry Canada Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Canadian Space Agency Competition Tribunal Copyright Board Canada Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions National Research Council Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Statistics Canada Western Economic Diversification Canada Department of Justice Canada Canadian Human Rights Commission Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Registry of the Federal Court of Canada Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners Law Commission of Canada Supreme Court of Canada Ta ...