CONSUMER, CHEMICAL AND CONTAINERS REGULATIONS (CCCR) SERVICES
This service ensures that product labels meet the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations (CCCR), as well as Consumer Packaging & Labelling Act and its Regulations. These regulations primarily apply to commercial / household products, such as:
- cleaners / disinfectants for: bathrooms, kitchens, windows, dishes, hands, clothes and vehicles
- degreasers
- furniture polish
- pesticides, insecticides, herbicides
- any product that may be classed as a dangerouse good
Our services typically include, but are not necessarily limited to:
- Ensuring all of the ingredients are allowed in Canada, and within acceptable concentrations.
- Determining if any of the ingredients also have to be pre-registered under EAR (Environmental Assessment Regulations) or CEPA (Cdn. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Ensuring all labelling requirements are met, such as languages, net quantities, area and size of inner and outer labels, font size and type, where on the label certain information must be located, etc.
- Determining whether or not a Canadian address needs to be put on the label
- Determining what hazard symbols / statements must be on the label, by performing assessments of the supplied literature for Toxicity, Corrosivity, and Flammability for each route and subcategorizing each assessment
- If no specific technical data is available from the client (i.e.: pH of the finished product), then recommending various labs who can perform this testing according to the CCCR requirements. Please see Use of an independent third-party lab
- Ensuring the above data is based on the appropriate guidelines / industry testing standards
- Determining which ingredients must be listed on the label (and which do not)
- Performing an assessment of the regulations (if applicable) to see if the Child Resistant Container (CRC) and Leak Test requirements apply
- Ensuring proper labelling claims (acceptable versus unacceptable claims) so one does not make claims prohibited for the type of product
- Ensuring proper naming of ingredients, and their correct order
- If the product and/or its packaging is listed as “biodegradable”, checking to see if this claim was evaluated to appropriate standards
- Drafting MS Word versions of the proposed labels in English and forwarding them to the client for review
- Providing a short report for each report, explaining our evaluations
- If requested, forwarding the first batch of reviewed labels to the most appropriate Product Safety Officer of Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Bureau (CPSB)
- Once the English version of the label has been approved by the CPSB or by the client, performing the French translations using specific government wording. See English - French Translation.
- Creating MSDS’s and/or convert them into Canadian / Internationally-acceptable formats
- Reviewing all of your proposed advertising materials, to make sure they comply to Canadian regulations. This would include brochures, websites, and any other forms of advertising.
- Please note that certain chemical ingredients may require Annual Reporting of quantities imported. We can help you with this, if/when the time comes.
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