Health
Canada is consulting stakeholders over proposed amendments to its regulation
covering baby carriages and strollers – SOR/2016-167.
The
proposed changes are designed to strengthen health and safety, more closely
align Canadian regulations with trading partners, and address stakeholder
identified nuisances.
They
include:
Replacing
the mechanical requirements with one of the following (incorporated by
ambulatory reference):
- Compliance
to mechanical requirements in ASTM F833-19
- Compliance
with either:
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- Mechanical
requirements in ASTM F833-19 - Mechanical
requirements in ISO 31110:2020 plus entrapment requirements in ASTM F833-19
sections 6.8 and 6.10
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Removing
the reference to the Toys Regulation in the surface coating materials
requirements and adding these directly into the regulation:
- Sticker,
film or other similar material that can be removed, or a surface coating
material, that is applied to an accessible part of a carriage or stroller must
not contain any of the following:
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- More
than 90 mg/kg total lead - Any
compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium if more than 1000
mg/kg of the compound migrates from the material - More
than 10 mg/kg total mercury
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Testing
must be performed in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory
practices.
Adding
into the regulations:
- Toxicological
requirements set out in sections 22 and 25 of the Toys Regulation
- Vinyl
parts of a carriage or stroller must comply with the Phthalates Regulation
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Finally,
the proposed amendments align information and warning requirements with ASTM
F833-19 or ISO 31110:20. At the same time, they maintain the requirement that
this information must be conveyed in English and French.
Stakeholders
have until June 17, 2021, to submit their comments to Health Canada.
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