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Products Banned Under the Hazardous Products Act
Health Canada
Last Verified:
2004-05-06
Act: Hazardous Products Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. H-3
Regulation: Various
To Whom Does This Apply?
Manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers.
Eligible Area
All Canadian provinces and territories.
Eligible Activities
Banned article, under the law, from import, sale, or advertisement.
Summary
The purpose of the Hazardous Products Act is to protect the health and safety of consumers by prohibiting or regulating the sale, advertising or import of hazardous or potentially hazardous consumer products, and to ensure the protection of Canadian workers from the adverse effects of hazardous materials through the provision of precautionary labelling and material safety data sheets.
The following items and their related condition(s) are banned from import, sale, or advertisement in Canada:
|
Product |
Banned Condition(s) |
Item # |
|
Aerosol containers |
containing vinyl chloride propellent |
23 |
|
Asbestos products that are destined for application by spraying except those encapsulated with a binder and which are not friable after drying |
containing asbestos |
40 |
|
Asbestos |
consumer products other than those listed elsewhere containing asbestos fibres and in addition those containing fibrous erionite |
37 |
|
Audible signal appliances, control units, smoke detectors, heat detectors for use in fire alarm systems in the home |
not meeting ULC standard |
33 |
|
Baby walkers |
mounted on wheels or any other device permitting movement of the walker and that have an enclosed area supporting the baby in a sitting or standing position so that their feet touch the floor, thereby enabling the horizontal movement of the walker |
12 |
|
Balloon blowing kits |
containing an organic solvent |
21 |
|
Bathtub enclosures, shower doors, storm doors, exterior doors |
not constructed of safety glass |
17 |
|
Bed linen (sheets, pillowcases, blankets) |
having a flame spread of 7 seconds or less for non-raised fibres; having a flame spread of 7 seconds or less and exhibiting base burn for raised fibres |
13 |
|
Candles |
that relight spontaneously once extinguished |
29 |
|
Children's Sleepwear (up to size 14x - tight fitting) |
having a flame spread of 7 seconds or less |
5 |
|
Cutting oils, cutting fluids for use in machining operations |
containing nitrite, when monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine is present |
32 |
|
Device that resembles a bomb containing a clock and a simulated explosive |
all devices of this type |
36 |
|
Face protectors for ice hockey and box lacrosse |
not meeting the CSA standard |
20 |
|
Furniture for children |
containing lead in excess of 0.5% in the paint or varnish |
2 |
|
Immersion oils for use in microscopy |
containing PCB's |
26 |
|
Infant car seats |
not meeting Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213.1 |
35 |
|
Jequirity bean articles whole or in part |
all articles containing these beans |
1 |
|
Kite strings |
that conduct electricity |
11 |
|
Pencils & artist brushes |
with a decorative coating, containing more than 0.5% weight/weight lead |
18 |
|
Lawn darts |
with elongated tips |
39 |
|
Products for use by children in play |
containing actinolite, anthophyllite, crysotile, amosite, crocidolite, cummingtonite, tremolite or other types of asbestos |
28 |
|
Products for use in drywall joint compounds or spackling |
containing actinolite, anthophyllite, crysotile, amosite, crocidolite, cummingtonite, tremolite or other types of asbestos |
28 |
|
Products for use in modelling and sculpture |
containing actinolite, anthophyllite, crysotile, amosite, crocidolite, cummingtonite, tremolite or other types of asbestos |
28 |
|
Products used to simulate ashes or embers |
containing actinolite, anthophyllite, crysotile, amosite, crocidolite, cummingtonite, tremolite or other types of asbestos |
28 |
|
Sneezing powder |
containing various listed substances |
31 |
|
Spectacle frames |
containing cellulose nitrate |
6 |
|
Structural devices to position feeding bottles |
that allow children to feed themselves while unattended |
15 |
|
Teethers, soothers, pacifiers |
containing a filling that has in it a viable micro-organism |
14 |
|
Textiles (in general) |
having a flame spread of 3.5 seconds or less, or 4 seconds or less for raised fibres |
11 |
|
Textiles (wearing apparel treated with a flame retardant) |
that are treated with tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate |
30 |
|
Textiles to be worn on the person |
containing asbestos, unless for fire protection or where the asbestos will not become separable |
16 |
|
Toys (flammability hazards) |
containing cellulose nitrate, other than ping pong balls |
7 |
|
Toys (toxicity hazards) |
containing carbon tetrachloride, methyl alcohol, turpentine, petroleum distillates, boric acid, ethyl ether in certain amounts |
8 |
|
Toys (heavy metals) |
containing lead, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, selenium, barium, mercury in certain amounts |
9 |
|
Toys (physical hazards) |
that emit noise exceeding 100 db; that contain plant seeds for a noise maker and is for a child under 3 years of age; and that contain seeds as stuffing |
10 |
|
Urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) |
used to insulate buildings |
34 |
Further information
For further information, or to consult a more frequently updated list, visit the Consumer Products Safety page of Health Canada's Web site.
DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.
Quebec Contact(s):
See National Contact.
National Contact(s):
Ms. Gail Salminen
Head, Information and Education Unit
Health Canada
123 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
Telephone: (613) 957-1502
Fax: (613) 941-4376
Toll-free (information): 1-866-225-0709
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-267-1245
E-mail: gail_salminen@hc-sc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html