Toys Regulations
- Citation
- SOR/2011-17
- Jurisdiction
- CA
- Made by
- Government of Canada (Canada Consumer Product Safety Act)
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (4 obligations)
The outer covering of a doll, plush toy or soft toy that is made of flat or raised fibre textile material or natural fur must, when tested in accordance with Schedule 5, have a flame spread time greater than seven seconds.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
This is the test the Textile Flammability Regulations hand off to: that instrument excludes dolls and soft toys, and this is where they go. The criterion is a flame spread TIME with a floor, not a flame spread rate with a ceiling, so a result from the apparel test does not answer this question and neither does the reverse. The obligation is on the finished toy, so a mill supplying covering fabric, pile fabric or filling into that trade is answerable through its customer rather than directly.
Drafted from section 32(1).
Where the exposed pile length is 51 mm or more and the covering is too small to yield a specimen for the Schedule 5 test, the covering must instead not ignite on a one-second impingement of the calibrated flame, or must self-extinguish within two seconds of the flame being removed, after being laundered where a flame-retarding finish is known or indicated by preliminary testing and then oven dried.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
A substitute test rather than an exemption, and the laundering step inside it is the part with commercial consequences: a flame-retarding finish is washed before the flame is applied, so a finish that does not survive laundering does not survive this test. Section 32(2) covers the mirror case - pile under 51 mm on an article too small to test - and grants a true exemption rather than a substitute.
Drafted from section 32(3).
Material used as stuffing in a doll, plush toy or soft toy must be clean and free from vermin, must be free of hard or sharp foreign matter, must not exceed the toxicity limits in Schedule 2, and must not be irritant when assessed in accordance with Schedule 3.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products
- Markets
- CA
Four separate requirements on one material, and only two of them are laboratory questions. Clean and free from vermin, and free of hard or sharp foreign matter, are conditions on the fibre stream itself - which puts recycled and reclaimed filling under a scrutiny that virgin fibre does not attract, and puts the answer in the opening line rather than in the test house.
Drafted from section 29.
An eye or nose, other than one made entirely of felt or another soft textile material, that measures 32 mm or less in its greatest dimension and is attached to a doll, plush toy or soft toy, must either not be capable of being gripped by the three-pronged claw hook illustrated in Schedule 4, or must not detach when tested in accordance with that Schedule.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, childrenswear, consumer products, accessories
- Markets
- CA
The carve-out is the useful half: an eye or nose made entirely of felt or another soft textile material is outside this section altogether, which is why embroidered and felt features appear on toys for the youngest ages. The two limbs are alternatives - an attachment that the hook cannot grip need not also survive the pull.
Drafted from section 31.
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