Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17)

• 1 (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 25(c) and 29(c) of these Regulations, a substance or stuffing material is toxic for humans in all of the following cases:

  • (a) its acute oral LD₅₀ value for rat is 5 g or less per kg of body weight;

  • (b) its acute dermal LD₅₀ value for rabbit is 2 g or less per kg of body weight; and

  • (c) its LC₅₀ value for a one-hour exposure, determined using rats, is 20,000 ppm by volume of gas or vapour or less, or 200 mg/L by volume of mist or dust or less, if gas, vapour, mist or dust is likely to be encountered when the substance is used in a reasonably foreseeable manner.

• (2) LD₅₀ and LC₅₀ values are to be determined in accordance with good scientific practices.

• (3) to (5) [Repealed, SOR/2016-302, s. 7]

2 and 3 [Repealed, SOR/2016-302, s. 8]