Phthalates Regulations
- Citation
- SOR/2016-188
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Made by
- Government of Canada (Canada Consumer Product Safety Act)
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
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 by a method conforming to good laboratory practices.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Coated fabrics, textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
This limit reaches all the vinyl in the article, not only the parts a child might mouth - which is what separates it from section 3. What counts as vinyl is not defined anywhere in these Regulations, so whether a plastisol print or a PVC-coated face fabric falls inside it is a question the text leaves open. The Regulations define a toy as a product intended for use by a child under 14 years of age in learning or play, and a child care article as a product intended to facilitate the relaxation, sleep, hygiene, feeding, sucking or teething of a child under four - which reaches bibs, changing mats and cot articles that are textile products before they are anything else.
Drafted from section 2.
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 by a method conforming to good laboratory practices.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Coated fabrics, textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
A different list of three phthalates against a narrower scope, at the same numerical limit. Testing a component against the section 2 list when section 3 governs it, or the reverse, is the wrong test rather than a conservative one: the two lists share no substance.
Drafted from section 3(1).
A part can be placed in the mouth of a child under four years of age, for the purpose of the DINP, DIDP and DNOP limit, if it can be brought to the child's mouth and kept there so that it can be sucked or chewed, and one of its dimensions is less than 5 cm. Where the part is inflatable, its dimensions are determined in its deflated state.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Coated fabrics, textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
A mechanical test rather than a judgement about how a child plays, and both limbs must be satisfied - a part that can be sucked but has no dimension under 5 cm is outside the section. The deflated-state rule matters to inflatable and padded articles whose dimensions in use would put them outside it.
Drafted from sections 3(2) and 3(3).
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