CANADA: PACKAGING The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 95.192. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: Canada. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Department of National Health and Welfare. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Packaging (55.020). 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Proposed Amendment to the Food and Drug Regulations (pages 1,913-1,915). 6. Description of content: The definition of ``child-resistant package'' in the Food and Drug Regulations contains references to certain standards to which a child-resistant package must comply. These standards are revised as required, by the sponsoring organizations to keep them up to date with new advances in packaging and scientific technology. This regulatory amendment changes the references to the following child-resistant package standards to continually reflect the most recent edition, as amended from time to time. (1) Canadian Standards Association Standard, CAN/SCA-Z76.1-M90, Recloseable Child-Resistant Packages, published January 1990. (2) European Standard, EN 28317: 1992, Child-resistant packaging - requirements and testing procedures for recloseable packages, as adopted by the European Committee for Standardization on 30 October 1992, and recognized by the British Standards Institution, and effective 15 February 1993. (3) Code of Federal Regulations (United States), Title 16, Section 1700.15, Poison prevention packaging standards. 7. Objective and rationale: Prevention of deceptive practices. 8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 10 June 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: The amendments to the standards from time to time become effective one year from the date of their adoption by the competent authority. 10. Final date for comments: 10 July 1995. (191)

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