Firepot follow-up notice from Health Canada

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To Whom it may concern,

Please find attached the follow-up Notice (English French) that is meant to inform you that Health Canada has recently updated its danger determination and risk mitigation measures for certain containers of pourable alcohol-based fuels and certain portable firepots that use those fuels.

In response to incident reports describing fatalities and serious injuries resulting from flame jetting occurrences, Health Canada distributed a Notice to interested parties in October 2019. The danger determination included in that Notice concluded that certain containers of pourable alcohol-based fuel and certain portable firepots that use those fuels pose a danger to human health or safety under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. The October 2019 Notice also stated that meeting the performance criteria outlined in the draft ASTM International work item ASTM WK60590, “New Standard Specification for Flame Mitigation Devices for Disposable Flammable Liquid Fuel Containers”, or the equivalent, may be sufficient to mitigate the danger to human health or safety associated with certain containers of pourable alcohol-based fuel.

Since October 2019, the ASTM technical committee has concluded its work on ASTM WK60590, which has led to the September 2020 publication of ASTM F3429 / F3429M – 20, โ€œStandard Specification for Performance of Flame Mitigation Devices Installed in Disposable and Pre-Filled Flammable Liquid Containersโ€. As a result, Health Canadaโ€™s danger determination has been updated to reference the final standard. Containers of pourable alcohol-based fuel sold on the Canadian market are now expected to meet the requirements of ASTM F3429 / F3429M – 20, or the equivalent.ย The updated danger determination includes updated incident data and new โ€œDefinitionsโ€ and โ€œScope of Affected Productsโ€ sections that improve clarity regarding the products that are considered in scope and outside the scope of Health Canadaโ€™s danger assessment. These sections reflect details communicated to industry stakeholders since the distribution of the October 2019 Notice.

Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Consumer and Hazardous Products Safety Directorate
Healthy Environments andย Consumer Safety Branch
Health Canada / Government of Canada
hc.ccpsa-lcspc.sc@canada.ca

 

ร€ qui de droit,

Vous trouverez ciโ€‘joint lโ€™avis de suivi qui vise ร  vous informer que Santรฉ Canada a rรฉcemment mis ร  jour sa dรฉtermination du danger et les mesures dโ€™attรฉnuation du risque pour certains contenants de combustible versable ร  base dโ€™alcool et certains pots ร  feu portables utilisant du combustible versable.

En rรฉponse aux rapports dโ€™incident faisant รฉtat de dรฉcรจs et de blessures graves causรฉs par des รฉvรฉnements de jets de flammes, Santรฉ Canada a distribuรฉ un avis aux parties intรฉressรฉes en octobreย 2019. La dรฉtermination du danger incluse dans cet avis concluait que certains contenants de combustible versable ร  base dโ€™alcool et certains pots ร  feu portables utilisant ce type de combustible prรฉsentent un danger pour la santรฉ ou la sรฉcuritรฉ humaines aux termes de la Loi canadienne sur la sรฉcuritรฉ des produits de consommation (LCSPC).ย  Lโ€™avis dโ€™octobre 2019 indiquait รฉgalement que le fait de se conformer aux critรจres de performance รฉnoncรฉs dans lโ€™รฉbauche de lโ€™article de travail de lโ€™ASTM International ASTM WK60590 ยซย New Standard Specification for Flame Mitigation Devices for Disposable Flammable Liquid Fuel Containers ยป, ou ร  des critรจres รฉquivalents, peut รชtre suffisant pour attรฉnuer le danger pour la santรฉ ou la sรฉcuritรฉ humaines associรฉ ร  certains contenants de combustible versable ร  base dโ€™alcool.

Depuis octobre 2019, le Comitรฉ technique de lโ€™ASTM a terminรฉ ses travaux relatifs ร  la norme ASTM WK60590, donnant lieu ร  la publication, en septembre 2020, de la norme ASTM F3429 / F3429M – 20 ยซย Standard Specification for Performance of Flame Mitigation Devices Installed in Disposable and Pre-Filled Flammable Liquid Containers ยป. Santรฉ Canada a donc mis ร  jour son รฉvaluation du danger pour faire rรฉfรฉrence ร  la version finale de la norme. Les contenants de combustible versable ร  base dโ€™alcool vendus sur le marchรฉ canadien devraient maintenant se conformer aux exigences de la norme ASTM F3429 / F3429M – 20, ou ร  des critรจres รฉquivalents. La dรฉtermination du danger mise ร  jour comprend des donnรฉes mises ร  jour sur les incidents et de nouvelles sections intitulรฉes ยซ Dรฉfinitions ยป et ยซ Portรฉe des produits touchรฉs ยป pour clarifier dโ€™avantage les produits qui sont concernรฉs et ceux qui ne sont pas concernรฉs par lโ€™รฉvaluation du danger de Santรฉ Canada. Ces sections reflรจtent les dรฉtails communiquรฉs aux intervenants de l’industrie depuis la distribution de l’avis d’octobre 2019.

Nโ€™hรฉsitez pas ร  communiquer avec nous si vous avez dโ€™autres questions ou prรฉoccupations.

 

Merci,

 

Direction de la sรฉcuritรฉ des produits de consommation et des produits dangereux
Direction gรฉnรฉrale de la santรฉ environnementale et de la sรฉcuritรฉ des consommateurs
Santรฉ Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
hc.ccpsa-lcspc.sc@canada.ca