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Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging Regulations (SOR/2019-353)

Regulations are current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2023-11-24. Previous Versions

PART 2Labelling and Packaging — Protection of Human Health or Safety (continued)

Requirements (continued)

Presentation of Information (continued)

Marginal note:Order of presentation of ingredients

  •  (1) The ingredients set out in the list of ingredients referred to in section 47 must,

    • (a) in the case of ingredients that are present in the vaping substance in a concentration of 1% or more, be set out in descending order of their proportions; and

    • (b) in the case of ingredients that are present in the vaping substance in a concentration of less than 1%, be set out in any order and immediately following the ingredients referred to in paragraph (a).

  • Marginal note:Concentration of ingredient

    (2) In this section, when the concentration of an ingredient in a vaping substance is expressed as a percentage, the percentage represents the ratio of the weight of that ingredient to the volume of the vaping substance.

  • Marginal note:Concentration — combination of flavours

    (3) In the case of ingredients that are added to a vaping substance solely to produce a combination of flavours, the proportion of the total concentration of those ingredients must be used to determine the order of setting out the indication “flavour” in the list of ingredients.

Marginal note:Directions to open and close

  •  (1) The directions for opening and, if applicable, closing a child-resistant container that are referred to in section 55 must be set out using either or both

    • (a) words;

    • (b) a diagram or self-explanatory symbol.

  • Marginal note:Official languages

    (2) If the directions are set out in words, they may be displayed in one official language on the closure system of the child-resistant container and repeated elsewhere on the display surface of the container in the other official language.

  • Marginal note:Diagram or symbol — colour contrast

    (3) If the directions are set out in a diagram or symbol, the contrast between the colour used for the information and that used for the background must be equivalent to at least a 70% screen of black on white.

Marginal note:Hazard symbol — minimum diameter

 The hazard symbol referred to in paragraph 57(1)(a) must,

  • (a) in the case of an immediate container or exterior package whose main display panel has an area equal to or greater than 45 cm², have a diameter at least as large as the diameter of an imaginary circle that has an area equal to 3% of the main display panel; and

  • (b) in the case of an immediate container or exterior package whose main display panel has an area of less than 45 cm², have a diameter of at least 6 mm.

Marginal note:Toxicity warning and first aid treatment statement

 The toxicity warning and first aid treatment statement referred to in paragraph 57(1)(b) must be displayed in such a manner that

  • (a) the word “POISON” is in bold-faced, upper case letters; and

  • (b) the statement is located immediately beside or below the hazard symbol referred to in paragraph 57(1)(a).

PART 3Transitional Provision, Related Amendment and Coming into Force

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Toxicity information

  •  (1) The information on the toxicity of a vaping substance referred to in section 57 may, despite subsection 39(1) of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, be displayed in accordance with these Regulations on a container that is an immediate container, other than a vaping device or vaping part, during the period beginning on the day on which these Regulations are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, and ending on June 30, 2020.

  • Marginal note:Definition

    (2) In this section, container has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001.

Related Amendment

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:July 1, 2020

  •  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), these Regulations come into force on July 1, 2020.

  • Marginal note:January 1, 2021

    (2) Section 50 comes into force, in respect of an immediate container that is a vaping device or vaping part, on January 1, 2021.

  • Marginal note:Publication

    (3) Section 65 comes into force on the day on which these Regulations are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.

 

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