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Modifications to Canada’s Consumer Products Regulations

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There have been 32 administrative changes to Canada’s Consumer Products Regulations that come under the Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act. The modifications to the Consumer Products Act include:

 

 

    • Housekeeping revisions, to modernize the regulations and update static references.

 

    • Modifications to address concerns about inconsistencies between the English and French versions of certain regulations.

 

    • Removing references to the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) or hazardous products’ in regulations titles.

 

 

The modifications, that came into force on June 22, 2016, deal with regulations such as:

 

 

    • Asbestos Products Regulations,

 

    • Consumer chemicals and containers,

 

    • Consumer products containing lead; and

 

    • Surface coating materials.

 

 

For more information, please visit Chemical Watch and Canada’s Justice Laws Website. Please contact Nexreg for Canadian SDS/MSDS services.