Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety – Health Canada

HECS delivers its services through an organization of over 1,200 employees in the National Capital Region and throughout the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario and Nunavut, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Alberta and Northwest Territories, and British Columbia and Yukon Regions. It is a highly skilled knowledge-based workforce, many of whom are science professionals. HECS? mandate is keyed to health protection and health promotion; a dual role which ensures that Canadians receive high-calibre national services delivered to meet local needs.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/