Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations

Marginal note:Accredited laboratory

• 5 (1) Any determination of the presence of microbeads performed for the purposes of these Regulations must be performed by a laboratory that is accredited

  • (a) under the International Organization for Standardization standard ISO/IEC 17025, entitled General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, by an accrediting body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement; or

  • (b) under the Environment Quality Act, CQLR, c. Q-2.

• Marginal note:Accreditation

  (2) The accreditation must

  • (a) be valid at the time the determination of the presence of microbeads is performed; and

  • (b) if a method has been recognized by a standards development organization in respect of the determination of the presence of microbeads, include that determination within its scope.

• Marginal note:Standards of good practice

  (3) If there is no method that has been recognized by a standards development organization in respect of the determination of the presence of microbeads, the determination must be performed in accordance with generally accepted standards of good scientific practice at the time that it is performed.