On August 13, 2018, The Health Canada publishing industry letter about teething necklace to inform public that the Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) of Health Canada will be conducting compliance verification activities for teething necklaces worn by children under three years of age, which are imported, manufactured or sold in Canada. One of the ways Health Canada may do this is to sample teething necklaces and evaluate them against performance criteria related to their safety.

Health Canada’s available information indicates that teething necklaces worn by children under three years of age may represent strangulation, choking and aspiration hazards. These hazards could potentially lead to the death of a child. There are currently no regulations under the CCPSA that address these hazards for teething necklaces worn by children under three years of age. However some of the performance criteria from existing safety standards and from other regulations that address similar hazards are considered by Health Canada to be relevant in determining whether a teething necklace worn by a child under three years of age poses a danger to human health or safety.

Health Canada has concluded that teething necklaces worn by children under three years of age that do not meet all of the four following performance criteria, or equivalent, may be considered a danger to human health or safety. Each is explained in greater detail following the table.

BACL Testing:

Importers, manufacturers or retailers of teething necklaces worn by children under three years of age are responsible for the safety of the products they market in Canada. Products that do not meet the above performance criteria cannot be sold and are subject to compliance and enforcement actions which may include seizure, orders to take corrective action, mandatory recall of products, administrative monetary penalties and criminal prosecution.

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