Hazardous Products Regulations

Marginal note:Data available for ingredients — Category 1, 2 or 3

• 8.8.5 (1) A mixture that contains one or more ingredients that are classified as a substance that causes specific target organ toxicity arising from a single exposure is classified as follows:

  • (a) in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 1”, if it contains at least one ingredient at a concentration equal to or greater than the concentration limit of 1.0% that is classified in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 1”;

  • (b) in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 2”, if it contains at least one ingredient at a concentration equal to or greater than the concentration limit of 1.0% that is classified in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 2”;

  • (c) in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 3”, if it contains at least one ingredient that is classified in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 3” that is

    • (i) at a concentration equal to or greater than the concentration at which the effect is elicited, if known, or

    • (ii) at a concentration equal to or greater than the concentration limit of 20.0%; or

    • (iii) [Repealed, SOR/2022-272, s. 55]

  • (d) in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 3”, if it contains at least two ingredients that are classified in that category which are present individually at a concentration of 1.0% or more and

    • (i) such ingredients individually cause a transient narcotic effect, and the sum of their concentrations is equal to or greater than the concentration limit of 20.0%, or

    • (ii) such ingredients individually cause transient respiratory tract irritation, and the sum of their concentrations is equal to or greater than the concentration limit of 20.0%.

• Marginal note:Data available for ingredients — Categories 1 and 3 or 2 and 3

  (2) Despite subsection 2.2(3), a mixture that has been classified in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) or (b) and meets the criteria of paragraph (1)(c) is also classified in the category “Specific Target Organ Toxicity — Single Exposure — Category 3”.