Published on 2021-04-24, Health Canada is proposing the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (Surface Coating Materials) to address a number of issues relating to surface coating materials.

The objective of this regulatory proposal is to amend existing regulatory requirements for surface coating materials and applied surface coating materials under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA), so that they are clear, consistent and relevant to all types of coating materials (including stickers, films and similar materials) and better aligned with the requirements in the United States, without imposing an unnecessary compliance burden on the industry. The amendments will also give Health Canada the necessary tools to act quickly to remove non-compliant products from the market and help protect Canadian consumers.

Major Changes:

Inter alia, the following standardized quantitative requirements are defined (in the CCPSA Regulations described in the table below) such that all stickers, films and surface coating materials must be tested to be not containing:

(a) more than 90 mg/kg total lead;

(b) any compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium if more than 1,000 mg/kg of the compound migrates from the material; or

(c) more than 10 mg/kg total mercury.

CCPSA Regulations to be Amended:

Effective Date:

The consultation period lasts for 70 days until 2021-07-03. These Regulations will come into force on the 180th day after the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.

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