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“After years of safety warnings and reports of injuries from wire-bristle brushes used to clean barbecue grills, Health Canada has begun a risk assessment that could potentially stop the sale of the brushes,” wrote Vera-Lynn Kubinec for CBC News on July 17, 2017.
Kubinec continued, “The risk assessment follows nine incident reports Health Canada has received since 2011 about different brands of barbecue brushes, CBC News has learned.
The problem is that sharp wire bristles can come off the brushes, become stuck in food cooked on the grills and cause injury when they’re accidentally ingested.
Incident reports, along with increased awareness around the issue, prompted the risk assessment, which began in April and is expected to be finished by late summer, said Health Canada spokesperson Eric Morrissette.
“Health Canada will evaluate the results of the risk assessment, as well as all other relevant information, to determine what compliance action, if any, should be undertaken,” Morrissette said by email.
“Recall of the product is one of several possible compliance actions.”
Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, Health Canada can take a range of enforcement or corrective measures if a product poses a danger to human health or safety, Morrissette said.”
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