As for what Cananda laws and regulations you can try to start with the info below. Having an US IPS address what I get is mostly articles about USA manufacturers shipping to Canada. The following info came from a label manufacturer for the mattress and bed linens industry, it may not be exactly what you need to find out if your compliant with you own national laws but they maybe able to point you in the right direction.
Federal Textile Labeling Requirements: Industry Canada
Competition Bureau
Fair Business Practices Branch
50 Victoria Street
Hull, Quebec, Canada K1A 0C9
819-997-4282
http://competition.ic.gc.caOntario: Dara Vorkapic
Tech. Standards Safety Authorization
Upholstered & Stuffed Articles
3300 Bloor Street W.
4th Floor, West Tower
Etobicoke, Ontario M8X 2X4
Phone: 416-325-0380
Fax: 416-326-8248 Email dvorkapic@tssa.org Web site: www.tssa.org
Manitoba: Irene de Graaf
Consumers Bureau
Dept. of Consumer & Corporate Affairs
302-258 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0B6
Phone: 204-945-3696
Fax: 204-945-0728 E-mail: idegraaf@cca.gov.mb.ca
Registration:
Phone: 416-325-4088
Fax: 416-326-1663
Label Approval Service:
Janet Holmes
Phone: 416-325-0381
Fax: 416-326-8248 Email jholmes@tssa.org
Quebec: Jean Luc Beauregard
Gouvernement du Quebec
Ministere de I'industrie
du Commerce de la Science et de la Technologie
Direction des Activites commerciales et des Operations
380, rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, 4 etage
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3x7 Canada
Phone: 514-499-2176
Fax: 514-499-2191
Basically if you make anything out of yarns, fibers, or fabric to be shipped to the USA the FTC has laws about what needs to be included on the labels. Some of the info may be the same as the Canadian laws but you may want to double check what the USA requires if you ship a lot to the USA. In the USA the FTC is in charge of what fabric and fiber items require a care and content labels. FTC Labeling requirements can be read about here
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/textile/bus21.shtm#covered and at
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/textile/bus50.shtmIf the item is for children under 13 then you may need to include the CPSIA labels as well the FTC ones. The CPSC is in charge of overseeing the tracking labels for recall purposes on all childrens items. More info on tracking labels at these 2 links
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/sect103policy.pdfCPSIA's FAQ page
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/sect103.html#103q8 Just remember there has been no official response from either the CPSIA or the FTC if you can combine the 2 separate agencies required labels and still be compliant to the two separate laws.
