Vol. 150, No. 14 — July 13, 2016

Registration

SOR/2016-166 June 22, 2016

CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

Carbonated Beverage Glass Containers Regulations

P.C. 2016-593 June 21, 2016

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (see footnote a), makes the annexed Carbonated Beverage Glass Containers Regulations.

Carbonated Beverage Glass Containers Regulations

Interpretation

Definition of carbonated beverage glass container

1 In these Regulations, a carbonated beverage glass container means a glass container of a capacity of 1.5 L or more containing a non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

Specifications

Perforation

2 A carbonated beverage glass container must not, when tested in accordance with Schedule 1, shatter in such a way as to cause any piece or part of the container to perforate the plastic sheets described in that Schedule.

Distance of projection

3 When a carbonated beverage glass container is tested in accordance with Schedule 2, at least 95% of the dry weight of the container must remain inside the cylinder.

Information

Warning

4 A carbonated beverage glass container must have printed on it, or affixed to it, in such a manner that the text is clearly legible, the following warning prominently displayed in boldface letters that are at least 3 mm in height:

CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. HANDLE WITH CARE.

CONTENU SOUS PRESSION. MANIPULER AVEC SOIN.

Code — date of manufacture

5 A carbonated beverage glass container must be coded in such a manner that its date of manufacture is identifiable.

Quality Control

System of control and documents

6 (1) Every person who manufactures or imports a carbonated beverage glass container must

Retention period and examination by inspector

(2) The manufacturer or importer must keep the documents for a period of two years, and have the documents available during that period for examination by an inspector at all reasonable times.

Repeal

7 The Carbonated Beverage Glass Containers Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.

Coming into Force

Registration

8 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

SCHEDULE 1

(Section 2)

Drill Test — Perforation

1 The following method is to be used to test whether a carbonated beverage glass container shatters in such a way as to cause perforation:

Figure — Test Apparatus

Figure - Detailed information can be found in the surrounding text.

SCHEDULE 2

(Section 3)

Drop Test — Distance of Projection

1 The following method is to be used to test the distance of projection of a carbonated beverage glass container that has shattered:

Figure — Test Apparatus

Figure - Detailed information can be found in the surrounding text.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2016-164, Asbestos Products Regulations.