New Canada < Children’s Jewellery Regulations> SOR/2018-82 Published

On 2^nd,May 2018, New SOR/2018-82 (The link is as below) has been published on the Canada Gazette (Part II). And the new regulation will come into force on 2^nd, November 2018, while the old edition SOR/2016-168 will be invalid.

Compared to the old edition, the new one has been amended mainly as bellows:
(1) Set more stringent lead content limits. The new one reduced total lead limit to 90 mg/kg from original 600mg/kg (old edition) and canceled the requirement (90 mg/kg) of soluble lead.

(2) Added the requirement of cadmium. Total cadmium should be not more than 130 mg/kg in children’s jewellery item if it is small enough to be totally enclosed in the small parts cylinder illustrated in the schedule when a force of not more than 4.45 N is applied.

SOR/2018-82<Children’s Jewellery Regulations>:

http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-05-02/html/sor-dors82-eng.html