Health Canada has adopted a Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) guidance document for medical device manufacturers on the control of products and services obtained from suppliers. The document makes it clear that medical device manufacturers using suppliers cannot under any circumstance relinquish responsibility for maintaining control over any product or service obtained from such suppliers. The document explains the type and extent of controls that manufacturers should exercise to meet their “ultimate responsibility” of complying with quality management system requirements. Read more here.