Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report: Liquid-Filled Teethers
Cyclical Enforcement Project: Liquid-Filled Teethers
Fiscal Year 2015/2016
Summary
The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) administers and enforces the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) and regulations made under it.
The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify compliance of liquid-filled teethers which are subject to Schedule 2, Item 4 of the CCPSA.
For this project, compliance of select liquid-filled teethers with the CCPSA was determined through a sampling and testing process by which Health Canada inspectors visited establishments and sampled any relevant product(s). Compliance to the requirements listed under Schedule 2, Item 4 was then verified through testing at the Regions and Programs Bureau Inspectorate Laboratories.
Prior to initiating this CE project, the CPSP carried out a market survey to quantify the presence of liquid-filled teether stakeholders in Canada. Targets were then selected from that list of companies.
Over the course of the 2015/16 fiscal year, microbial testing of ten different products was carried out. All products demonstrated compliance with Schedule 2, Item 4 of the CCPSA and no corrective actions were required.
Results
| Brand | Product Name | Source of Sample | Determination | Corrective Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Dear | Teether Blankie | Chotobaby | No contravention detected | None |
| Baby's Choice | Hard and Soft Water Teether | Deejay Jewellery Inc. | No contravention detected | None |
| Bright Starts | Chill & Teethe | Kids II Inc. | No contravention detected | None |
| Bright Starts | Take & Teethe | Kids II Inc. | No contravention detected | None |
| First Years (The) | Star Teether | TOMY | No contravention detected | None |
| Infantino | Water Teether | Infantino | No contravention detected | None |
| MAM | Cooler Teether | MAM US Corporation | No contravention detected | None |
| Nuby | Icy Bite Teether | ISSI Inc. | No contravention detected | None |
| Ulubulu | Teething Ring | Lakapooki Inc. | No contravention detected | None |
| World of Eric Carle (The) | The Very Hungry Caterpillar Gel Soother | Kids Preferred | No contravention detected | None |
Disclaimer: A systematic bias is applied during inspection and sampling. Products are not randomly selected but are chosen because they are deemed by the inspector to be more likely to not meet health and safety requirements due to characteristics that are observed. Due to this biased nature of sampling and the fact that sample sizes within CE projects are very small, the findings of CE projects are not intended to reflect overall market compliance unless otherwise stated. Note that these summary reports relate only to the product(s) actually tested and the specific criteria indicated. Testing by Health Canada does not represent approval or endorsement of the product(s).
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