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Consumer Product Recalls

Recent Consumer Product Recalls

Date Product Name Companies
Jul 30, 2010 "Axe Unlimited" Deodorant Body Spray Michael Rossy Ltd. of St-Laurent, Quebec
Jul 30, 2010 Children's Coin Purse and Jewellery Daiso Store Canada Ltd., of Richmond, British Columbia
Jul 29, 2010 Jelly Urchin Yo-yo Spinner by Play Vision Inc. Star Wholesale Distributors Ltd. of Surrey, British Columbia
Jul 29, 2010 Solid Fuel Products Jean H. Henlé ( John H. Henle) Inc. of Montreal, Quebec
Jul 29, 2010 Shape-sorting Toy Car Richfort Enterprises Ltd. of Richmond, British Columbia
Jul 27, 2010 Girls' Hello Kitty 2-piece Sleepwear NTD Apparel Inc. of Montreal, Quebec
Jul 27, 2010 Various Roll-up Blinds sold by JYSK JYSK Linen'n Furniture of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Jul 26, 2010 Brine VIP Lacrosse Gloves

Joint Recall with Brine, Health Canada, and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC)
Brine, a Division of Warrior Sports, Inc of Warren, Michigan
Jul 26, 2010 "Gift Expressions" Musical Doll CTG Brands Inc. of Vaughan, Ontario
Jul 23, 2010 Craft E-Z Push Mini Glue Gun MultiCraft Imports Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario

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About Consumer Product Recalls

Consumer Product Safety is responsible for products intended for children, household chemicals, cosmetics and many other consumer products. The mandate of Consumer Product Safety is to regulate and monitor compliance of the advertisement, sale and importation of hazardous or possibly hazardous consumer products, and to provide consumers with safety information. This legal mandate comes from the Next link will take you to another Web site Hazardous Products Act, for those products scheduled in the Act, and from the Next link will take you to another Web site Food and Drugs Act for cosmetic products.

Consumers can contact their nearest Product Safety Regional Office if they have health or safety concerns about a particular product.

Further information is available on purchasing safer consumer products, and safe use of products.

To be notified when recalls are posted to the Health Canada website, subscribe to our electronic news letter: Consumer Product Safety News Membership to this listserv is open to everyone. Subscribers receive updates when new information, consumer advisories and warnings, product recalls, and consultation documents regarding consumer product safety are posted on the Health Canada website.

Health Canada News Releases are NOT included on this listserv.

Additional Resources For Items Not Included in Consumer Product Recalls

Items Organization Telephone
Vehicles Next link will take you to another Web site Transport Canada 1-800-333-0371
Food Next link will take you to another Web site Canadian Food Inspection Agency 1-800-442-2342
Drugs and Health Products MedEffect™ Canada 1-866-234-2345
Pest Control Products Pest Management Regulatory Agency 1-888-267-6315

Recalls are initiated by a company after becoming aware that the product is or may have a safety concern. Health Canada works with companies for the effective and efficient removal of hazardous products from the marketplace.

A company should initiate a recall if a consumer product does not meet the legislation in Canada, or poses an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of consumers or users of the product. Recalling Consumer Products - A Guide for Industry covers the basic steps to removing unsafe products quickly and completely from the market.