The Department of Health of Canada approved Regulations to amend Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations (SOR/2024-256).it will be effective on 18 March 2025, and the highlights are as follows:

1. Removing the accreditation requirement for laboratories conducting routine quality control formaldehyde emissions testing
2. Clarify and simplify record-keeping requirements; the contents of declaration are amended.
3. Maintain the Regulations’ close alignment with TSCA Title VI in order to minimize international trade barriers.
4. Make minor amendments (such as dealing with non-compliant lots, sampling and test method used for retesting, and changing the notification period from 2 days in CANFER to the 72 hours permitted in TSCA, etc) to provide clarification on issues brought forward by stakeholders. 

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