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Ref : EIC 191/2

20 June 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 350/2011

Canada : Guidance on Mandatory Incident Reporting under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

The Canada Department of Health (Health Canada) has recently published in its website the Guidance on Mandatory Incident Reporting under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). The Guidance is available at:
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/indust/2011ccpsa_incident-lcspc/index-eng.php.

DETAILS

2. The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 60/2011 and 120/2011 of the enactment of the CCPSA. The CCPSA and its related regulations come into effect on 20 June 2011. Under the CCPSA, the industry is required to quickly report to Health Canada on discovery of any of their products' linkage to a serious incident, death, product safety issue or recall, whether in Canada or elsewhere. To ensure smooth implementation of the CCPSA, the Health Canada has recently published in its website the Guidance on Mandatory Incident Reporting under the CCPSA - Section 14 Duties in event of an Incident.

3. For latest information related to the CCPSA, traders are advised to visit the designated webpage developed by the Health Canada: 
http://hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/legislation/acts-lois/ccpsa-lcspc/index-eng.php. Traders are also strongly advised to seek clarifications with their importers in Canada in order to comply with the necessary requirements.

ENQUIRIES

4. For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Carmen CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry