Marginal note:Projectile components

16. The projectile component of a toy — other than a rocketry component — that is capable of causing a puncture wound must have a rubber tip or other durable fitting placed on its leading end that is able to withstand a pulling force of 44.5 N (10 pounds).

Marginal note:Enclosures

17. A toy with both of the following characteristics must have holes of sufficient size and number in each of two or more adjacent sides to prevent the suffocation of a child that is enclosed in the toy:

• (a) it is large enough for a child to enter or be placed inside; and

• (b) it has an opening that can be closed by a lid or door.

Marginal note:Stability

18. A stationary toy that is intended to bear the weight of a child must stand level and firm when it is used.

Marginal note:Decibel limit

19. A toy must not make or emit noise of more than 100 dB when measured at the distance that the toy would ordinarily be from the ear of the child who is using it.

Marginal note:Heated surfaces, parts or substances

20. A toy that has a surface or part, or that contains a substance, that may become heated with reasonably foreseeable use of the toy must meet the thermal and labelling requirements that are applicable to it as set out in Canadian Standards Association Standard C22.2 No. 149-1972, entitled Electrically Operated Toys, published in English in November 1972 and in French in December 1976.

Marginal note:Celluloid or cellulose nitrate

21. A toy, other than a ping-pong ball, must not be made of or impregnated with celluloid or cellulose nitrate.

Marginal note:Specific toxic substances

22. A toy must not contain any of the following substances if they could, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, become accessible to a child or, if they are used as a filling, could be released on breakage or leakage:

• (a) carbon tetrachloride or any substance that contains it;

• (b) methyl alcohol or any substance that contains more than 1% weight to volume of methyl alcohol;

• (c) petroleum distillates or any substance that contains more than 10% weight to volume of petroleum distillates;

• (d) benzene;

• (e) turpentine or any substance that contains more than 10% weight to volume of turpentine;

• (f) boric acid or salts of boric acid; or

• (g) ethyl ether.

Marginal note:Specific substances in surface coatings

23. The surface coating material that is applied to a toy must not contain any of the following substances:

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

• (b) a compound of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium or barium introduced as such if more than 0.1% of the compound dissolves in 5% hydrochloric acid after being stirred for 10 minutes at 20°C (68°F); or

• (c) a compound of mercury introduced as such.