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Canada releases new regulations for children's carts SOR/2023-101
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2023-06-22
Canada releases new regulations for children's carts SOR/2023-101
On June 7, 2023, Health Canada announced in Volume 157 of Part II of the Canada Gazette that, in accordance with Article 37 of the Consumer Product Safety Act of Canada, a new version of the Carriages and Strollers Regulations (SOR/2023-101) was revised and issued, replacing SOR/2016-167.
The new regulation will officially come into effect on June 7, 2023, with a transitional period of 180 days.
This new regulation will bring earth shaking changes to children's carts in the Canadian market. Compared to the old regulation SOR/2016-167, the new regulation has made changes in the following five aspects:
Physical and mechanical requirements
The new regulations need to meet one of the following requirements:
Meet all physical and mechanical requirements in ASTM F833, except for chemical requirements in clause 5.3, toys in clause 5.12, and textual information in clauses 8&9; or Meet the physical and mechanical requirements of ASTM F833, clauses 6.8 (foot opening) and 6.10 (clamping risk of child car seats placed on carts), as well as all physical and mechanical requirements of ISO 31110 except for clauses 6 chemistry, 7 fire protection, and 10 text information.
Requirements for prohibited substances
Removed the requirement to reference the Toy Regulations and directly listed the relevant requirements for prohibited substances, consistent with the requirements stated in Article 22 of the Toy Regulations.
Requirements for toxic substances
Removed the requirement to reference the Toy Regulations and directly listed the requirements for toxic substances and toxicological regulations, consistent with the requirements stated in Article 25 of the Toy Regulations.
Surface coating requirements
Directly listed the relevant requirements for surface coating, consistent with the requirements stated in Article 23 of the Toy Regulations; The definitions of "contactable components" and "surface coating materials" were proposed, with reference to the definitions described in the "Surface Coating Materials Regulations" to maintain consistency.
Phthalic acid requirements
Requirements for Phthalic acid salt content are added, and limits are proposed for the content of DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP and DNOP of vinyl materials for baby strollers. The limits are consistent with the Phthalic acid salt regulations.
Warning message requirements
We have refined the font and font height requirements for warning slogans, and updated some of their content.
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