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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.192
26June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1735)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofNational Health andWelfare
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Packaging (55.020)
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheFood
andDrug Regulations (pages 1,913-1,915)
6. Description ofcontent: Thedefinition of"child-resistant package" intheFood andDrug
Regulations contains references tocertain standards towhich achild-resistant package
must comply.
These standards arerevised asrequired, bythesponsoring organizations tokeep
them uptodatewith newadvances inpackaging andscientific technology. This
regulatory amendment changes thereferences tothefollowing child-resistant package
standards tocontinually reflect themost recent edition, asamended from timetotime.
(1) Canadian Standards Association Standard, CAN/SCA-Z76.1-M90, Recloseable
Child-Resistant Packages, published January 1990.
(2) European Standard, EN28317: 1992, Child-resistant packaging -requirements
andtesting procedures forrecloseable packages, asadopted bytheEuropean
Committee forStandardization on30October 1992, andrecognized bythe
British Standards Institution, andeffective 15February 1993.
(3) Code ofFederal Regulations (United States), Title 16,Section 1700.15, Poison
prevention packaging standards.
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7. Objective andrationale: Prevention ofdeceptive practices
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,10June1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Theamendments tothestandards from
timetotimebecome effective oneyearfrom thedateoftheiradoption bythecompetent
authority.
10. Final dateforcomments: 10July1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: