Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Programme Updates 3 Test Methodologies
In July 2023, the “Consumer Product Safety Program” of “Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada” announced updates of the following test methodologies:
Updated list:
|
Category of Test |
Title of Test |
Effective |
|
Chemistry Methods |
Determination of Phthalates in Polyvinyl Chloride Consumer Products by GC/EI-MS (C34.3) |
2023-06-05 |
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Determination of para-Phenylenediamine (PPD) in cosmetics and similar consumer products by GC-MS (C42) |
2023-03-16 |
|
|
Mechanical Methods |
Small Components (consumer product including its components, parts or accessories) (M00.1) |
2023-06-05 |
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Sharp Edges (consumer product including its components, parts or accessories) (M00.2) |
2023-06-05 |
|
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Sharp Points (consumer product including its components, parts or accessories) (M00.3) |
2023-06-05 |
|
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Rattles (M05) |
2023-02-16 |
|
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Corded Window Coverings (M22) |
2023-06-20 |
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Flammability Methods |
Flammability of textiles (F01) |
2023-05-02 |
Effective Date:
Please refer to column 3 in the above table for the respective effective dates of each updated standard.
Reference:
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety.html
