FJATA submits comments concerning the Canadian children’s jewelry regulations.
February 13, 2017
Sarah Sheffield
Project Officer
Risk Management Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Directorate
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Health Canada
Address Locator 4908B
269 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
sarah.sheffield@hc-sc.gc.ca
RE: Proposed Consumer Product Regulations Concerning Children’s Jewelry
Dear Ms. Sheffield:
On behalf of the members of the Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade
Association (FJATA, or the Association), we appreciate this opportunity to submit
comments in response to the proposed Children’s Jewellery Regulations (Proposed
Regulations).1 FJATA is the voice of the jewelry and accessories industries in the United
States, representing manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers, from small independent
businesses to large multi-national corporations. Many of FJATA’s members and their
customers distribute jewelry to children, teens, and adults in Canada as well as the U.S.,
and thus are vitally interested in assuring that requirements reflect the best available
technical data and are consistent between these important trading markets. FJATA is
pleased to share important technical information on the industry’s efforts to promote
science-based standards for safe children’s jewelry.
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RE: Proposed Regulations Concerning Lead in Consumer Products
Dear Ms. Sheffield:
On behalf of the members of the Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade
Association (FJATA, or the Association), we appreciate this opportunity to submit
comments in response to the proposed Regulations Concerning Lead in Consumer
Products (Proposed Regulations).1 FJATA is the voice of the jewelry and accessories
industries in the United States, whose customers include Canadian companies and
consumers. The Association is simultaneously submitting comments in Health Canada’s
consultation on its proposed Children’s Jewellery Regulations,2 which the Association
incorporates by reference here, because they emphasize the need to adopt regulations on
the basis of the best scientific evidence available, and to tailor regulations to..
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