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Ref : EIC 191/2

4 July 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 570/2017

Canada : Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations

The Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published in the Canada Gazette Part II (Vol. 151, No.12) of 14 June 2017 the "Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations" (the Regulations), which will come into force on 1 January 2018.

2.The Regulations will prohibit the manufacture, import, and sale of toiletries used to exfoliate or cleanse that contain plastic microbeads, including non-prescription drugs and natural health products. For the purposes of the Regulations, plastic microbeads include any plastic particle equal to or less than 5 mm in size. The types of toiletries covered include products such as bath and body products, skin cleansers and toothpaste.

3.For details, please refer to ECCC's webpage and the Regulations at: https://www.ec.gc.ca/lcpe-cepa/eng/regulations/detailReg.cfm?intReg=238 and http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2017/2017-06-14/html/sor-dors111-eng.php respectively.

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4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Jasper LAM)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.