Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (SOR/2001-269)

Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2012-03-30. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Documents

  • 12. (1) The person responsible must prepare and maintain documents containing the following information and must keep those documents for a period of at least three years after the date of manufacture or importation:

    • (a) for a container that comes into direct contact with the chemical product, the specifications critical to the child-resistant characteristics of the container, which specifications must include

      • (i) the physical measurements within which the container retains its child-resistant characteristics,

      • (ii) if applicable, the torque that must be applied to open or close the container, and

      • (iii) the compatibility of the container and its closure system with the chemical product that is to be put into it; and

    • (b) the test results that demonstrate that the container and its closure system comply with the requirements of a standard set out in paragraph 9(b).

  • Marginal note:Inspection

    (2) Within 15 days after receipt of a request from an inspector, the person responsible for a chemical product that is required by these Regulations to be packaged in a child-resistant container must provide the documents referred to in subsection (1) to the inspector.

  • SOR/2012-71, s. 4.
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Marginal note:Child-resistant, single-use containers

13. A child-resistant, single-use container must display, in the manner set out in sections 17 to 20, subsections 24(1) and (3) and sections 25 and 26, the following primary hazard statement:

“USE ENTIRE CONTENTS ON OPENING. THIS CONTAINER IS NOT CHILD-RESISTANT ONCE OPENED.”

“UTILISER LA TOTALITÉ DU CONTENU APRÈS OUVERTURE. UNE FOIS OUVERT, LE CONTENANT N’EST PLUS UN CONTENANT PROTÈGE-ENFANTS.”

Marginal note:Exception — large container

14. The requirements for child-resistant containers set out in sections 9 to 13 do not apply to a container with a capacity greater than 5 L, other than the container for a chemical product that is classified in one of the following:

  • (a) the hazard category “Category 4, quick skin-bonding adhesives”; or

  • (b) the sub-category “very corrosive”.

  • (c) [Repealed, SOR/2011-24, s. 3]

  • SOR/2009-165, s. 4(F);
  • SOR/2011-24, s. 3.
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Required Information

Marginal note:Containers and packaging

  • 15. (1) Subject to section 16, the information required by these Regulations must be displayed in the manner set out in these Regulations

    • (a) on each container that is displayed to the consumer, other than in an advertisement; and

    • (b) on any packaging of a container that is displayed to the consumer, including a display card to which a container may be fixed.

  • Marginal note:Adaptation

    (1.1) For the purpose of the application of paragraph (1)(b), the requirements for the display of information on a container apply to the display of information on the container’s package having regard to the size of the package.

  • Marginal note:Additional information

    (2) Information in addition to that required by these Regulations may be displayed on a container if it does not disclaim or contradict the required information.

  • SOR/2009-165, s. 5.
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