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SOR-2016-188 Phthalates Regulations

Current to 2019-06-21 · last amended 2016-06-22

Contents
Provision

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act a, makes the annexed Phthalates Regulations. S.C. 2010, c. 21

Interpretation

s. 1 — Definitions

The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

s. 1, definition “child care article”

child care article means a product that is intended to facilitate the relaxation, sleep, hygiene, feeding, sucking or teething of a child under four years of age. (article de puériculture)

s. 1, definition “good laboratory practices”

good laboratory practices means practices that are in accordance with the principles set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development document entitled OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice, Number 1 of the OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring, ENV/MC/CHEM(98)17, the English version of which is dated January 21, 1998 and the French version of which is dated March 6, 1998. (bonnes pratiques de laboratoire)

s. 1, definition “toy”

toy means a product that is intended for use by a child under 14 years of age in learning or play. (jouet)

Requirements

s. 2 — DEHP, DBP and BBP

The vinyl in a toy or child care article must not contain more than 1 000 mg/kg of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) or benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) when tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.

s. 3 — DINP, DIDP and DNOP
s. 3(1)

The vinyl in any part of a toy or child care article that can, in a reasonably foreseeable manner, be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age must not contain more than 1 000 mg/kg of diisononyl phthalate (DINP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) or di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) when tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.

s. 3(2) — Interpretation

For the purpose of subsection (1), a part of a toy or child care article can be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age if

s. 3(2)(a)

it can be brought to the child’s mouth and kept there so that it can be sucked or chewed; and

s. 3(2)(b)

one of its dimensions is less than 5 cm.

s. 3(3) — Dimensions — deflated state

For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), if a part of a toy or child care article is inflatable, its dimensions must be determined in its deflated state.

Repeal

s. 4

[Repeal]

Coming into Force

s. 5 — Registration

These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.