{"id":140162,"date":"2023-04-23T02:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T02:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140162"},"modified":"2023-04-23T02:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T02:56:23","slug":"canada-textile-flammability-regulation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/news\/canada-textile-flammability-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Safety Standards for Textile Materials: Updates to Canadian Flammability Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has recently reviewed and updated the CAN\/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5-2008 standard, which determines the flame spread properties of textile materials under Canada\u2019s Textile Flammability Regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The updated standard aims to provide more explicit guidelines for testing the flame spread properties of textile materials and improve the safety of these materials for consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Updates to the CAN\/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5-2008 Standard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During the review, it was concluded that the method referenced in the Federal Regulations for Health Canada under SOR\/\/2016-194 for Flammability required updating. The amended version of the standard includes several key updates, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The revision of definitions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The incorporation of dry cleaning details cited from Method CAN\/CGSB-4.2 NO. 30.3 -1994.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adding Annex B, which outlines voluntary burn codes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adding Annex C clarifies the testing steps for the presence of flame retardants.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apart from these, the washing and drying parameters were also updated, among other changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>No Impact on Canada\u2019s Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR\/2016-194)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is important to note that while the standard has been updated, the flammability requirements for testing under the Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR\/2016-194) have not been amended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manufacturers and importers of textile materials in Canada must ensure they comply with the updated standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you have any concerns or queries regarding the updates made to the standard, please don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/contact\/\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/a> at inquiry@hqts.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has recently reviewed and updated the CAN\/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5-2008 standard, which determines the flame spread properties of textile materials under Canada\u2019s Textile Flammability Regulations. The updated standard aims to provide more explicit guidelines for testing the flame spread properties of textile materials and improve the safety of these materials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":140163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[133,132],"class_list":["post-140162","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-all","news-category-regulations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/140162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/140162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140170,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/140162\/revisions\/140170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140162"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=140162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}