RAW MATERIAL

 PRODUCT SAFETY

Gildan is subject to consumer product safety laws and regulations.

In the United States, we are subject to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, as amended by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, to the Flammable Fabrics Act, and to the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes. These statutes and regulations include requirements for testing and certification for flammability of wearing apparel, for lead content and lead in surface coatings in children’s products, and for phthalate content in child care articles, including plasticized components of children’s sleepwear.

In Canada, we are subject to similar laws and regulations, the most significant of which are the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). The CCPSA is aimed at emphasizing industry's responsibility to provide safe products, strengthening enforcement authorities, providing more and better information for the public, improving the safety of imported products, ensuring better record keeping, and instituting mandatory reporting. The CCPSA also provides for new regulations, such as the textile flammability regulations.

In the European Union, we are also subject to product safety regulations, the most significant of which are imposed pursuant to the General Product Safety Directive. We are also subject to similar laws and regulations in the other jurisdictions in which our products are sold.

Gildan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable product safety laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate.