Amazon Requirement: Lead and Mercury Content ,SOR/2016-193

Test Method:

Appropriate Test Method

Applicable countries:

Canada

Requirement/Limits:

For surface coating materials:
1. A surface coating material must not contain more than 90 mg/kg total lead when a dried sample is tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.
2. A surface coating material must not contain more that 10 mg/kg total mercury when a dried sample is tested in accordance with a method that conforms to good laboratory practices.

Surface coating material means a paint or other similar material, with or without pigment, that dries to a solid film after it is applied to a surface, but does not include material that becomes a part of the substrate.

For products with an applied surface coating material:
The following products must not have an applied surface coating material that contains more than 90 mg/kg total lead:
(a) products for children, including furniture; and
(b) pencils and artists’ brushes.

Product Scope:

Surface coating,
Children's product including furniture
Pencils and artists’ brushes