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Immediate Prohibition of Baby walkers

04-103035-594

April 7, 2004

Consumer Product Safety Bureau
MacDonald Building, 4th Floor
Address Locator: 3504D
123 Slater Street
OTTAWA, Ontario
K1A 0K9

To: Canadian Importers, Distributors and Retailers of New and Used Products

Immediate Prohibition of Baby walkers

The purpose of this letter is to advise you that effective immediately both new and used baby walkers are prohibited from being advertised, sold or imported in Canada. As of April 7, 2004 persons are required to cease the importation, sale and advertisement of baby walkers and accordingly they will not be able to sell any baby walkers they may currently have in stock. Modified baby walkers can not be sold and accordingly, baby walkers with the wheels removed and sold separately are also prohibited by the new legislation.

Definition of the prohibited product:
Baby walkers that are mounted on wheels or any other device permitting movement of the walker and that have an enclosed area supporting the baby in a sitting or standing position so that their feet touch the floor, thereby enabling the horizontal movement of the walker.

Details of the prohibition on baby walkers were published in Next link will take you to another Web site Part II of the Canada Gazette on April 7, 2004.

For further information, please contact your nearest Health Canada Product Safety Office:

Jonathan Williams for
Marta Caris
Director

Date Modified: 2008-08-01

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