Canada | Proposal to amend the Tents Regulations and Toys Regulations
Proposal to amend the Tents Regulations and Toys Regulations
As already announced in our Eurofins News Flash January 2019 edition, Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has worked on the development of a new National Standard of Canada for tent flammability and labelling (CAN/CGSB-182.1 Flammability and labelling requirements for tents).
Following this work from the Canadian General Standards Board, on 22nd January 2019, Health Canada published a notice proposing amendments to the Tents Regulations, SOR/2016-185, to replace the flammability and labelling requirements to be in accordance with the new standard under development.
These amendments would also affect the Toys Regulations and their flammability requirements.
At this moment, the Tents Regulations, SOR/2016-185, make reference to the standard CPAI-84, which was developed to cover flammability issues of cotton canvas tents. Nowadays, most tents are made of synthetic materials such as polyester and nylon. These tents have different burning properties than cotton canvas. For this reason Health Canada intends to amend the regulation.
The main points are:
- Replacing the reference to standard CPAI-84 by CAN/CGSB-182.1 after it is published (expected 31st March 2019)
- Aligning the scope of the Tents Regulations with the standard of CAN / CGSB-182.1
- Amending the Toys Regulations to have the same flammability and fire-safety labelling requirements for children’s play tents (intended for indoor use only)
- Prohibiting or restricting the use of chemical flame retardants in tents (according to Tents Regulations), and in play tents and other toys (according to Toys Regulations)
Click here for getting the notice from Government of Canada’s website.
