Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Report: Children's Jewellery

Cyclical Enforcement Project: Children's Jewellery Regulations and Health Canada's Proposed Cadmium Guidelines for Children's Jewellery

Summary

The Consumer Product Safety Program (CPSP) administers and enforces the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) and regulations made under it.

The purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify compliance of children's jewellery for lead and cadmium content which are subject to the Children's Jewellery Regulations (Regulations) and Health Canada's Proposed Cadmium Guidelines for Children's Jewellery (Guidelines).

Compliance of children's jewellery with the Regulations and Guidelines is determined through a sampling and testing process by which Health Canada inspectors visit establishments and sample any relevant product(s). Compliance to the requirements is then verified through testing at the Product Safety Laboratory.

Prior to initiating this CE project, the CPSP carried out a market survey to quantify the presence of children's jewellery stakeholders in Canada. Targets were then selected from that list of companies.

Over the course of the 2014-15 fiscal year, lead and cadmium testing of 20 different products were carried out. The testing resulted in one voluntary stop sale.

Results
Brand Product Name Source Determination Corrective Action
Bakery Crafts Plastic Orange Sun Face Ring BakeMark Canada No compliance issues detected No action required
Best Friends Big Sister/Little Sister Elephant Necklaces Claire's No compliance issues detected No action required
Birthday Bites Cupcake Pendant and Chain Giggles No compliance issues detected No action required
Chewbeads Juniorbeads Jane Jr. Necklace Fulton Sales No compliance issues detected No action required
Creativity for Kids 10 Pop-Art Rings PM Hobby Craft No compliance issues detected No action required
Disney Disney Frozen Bracelet Le Tambourin No compliance issues detected No action required
Disney Mickey Mouse Necklace Danawares No compliance issues detected No action required
Disney Minnie Mouse Charm Bracelet Danawares No compliance issues detected No action required
Disney Princess Princess Decal Charm Hair Clips ACI Brands Inc. No compliance issues detected No action required
Disney Princess Princess Plastic Heart Charm Hair Clips ACI Brands Inc. No compliance issues detected No action required
Fashion Angels Charms Ball Chain Bracelet Fashion Angels Enterprises No compliance issues detected No action required
Mood Jewellery Dolphin Necklace Vancouver Aquarium No compliance issues detected No action required
Mulberry Studios Cherish Charm Always Christmas In Niagara Falls No compliance issues detected No action required
Rainbow Zipper Necklace with Earrings Dieleman Fundraising Sales No compliance issues detected No action required
Speidel Sterling Silver Bracelet with Multi-coloured duck pendants VaLaire Canada No compliance issues detected No action required
TV Tokyo anime haotoys Minion Necklace Black Sheep Gifts Exceeds lead limit No product was distributed. Voluntary removal from sale at the importer (Black Sheep Gifts).
World End Imports Butterfly Pendant and Chain Tall Ships Trading Company No compliance issues detected No action required
Zipper Charm Bracelet Giggles No compliance issues detected No action required
*none* Robot Mood Ring Zibbers No compliance issues detected No action required
*none* Sterling Silver Fish Pendant Klassen Jewellers Limited No compliance issues detected No action required

Disclaimer: A systematic bias is applied during inspection and sampling. Products are not randomly selected but are chosen because they are deemed by the inspector to be more likely to not meet health and safety requirements due to characteristics that are observed. Due to this biased nature of sampling and the fact that sample sizes within CE projects are very small, the findings of CE projects are not intended to reflect overall market compliance unless otherwise stated. Note that these summary reports relate only to the product(s) actually tested and the specific criteria indicated. Testing by Health Canada does not represent approval or endorsement of the product(s).

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