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:
o Mechanical requirements in ASTM F833-19
o Mechanical requirements in ISO 31110:2020 plus entrapment requirements in ASTM F833-19 sections 6.8 and 6.10

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:
o More than 90 mg/kg total lead
o Any compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium if more than 1000 mg/kg of the compound migrates from the material
o More than 10 mg/kg total mercury

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

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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