
Post Consumer Brands Canada
Website Accessibility Conformance Report
Website Accessibility Conformance Report
(Based on VPAT® International Version 2.5)
Name of Product/Version: https://www.postconsumerbrands.ca
Report Date: September, 2024
Product Description: Product Manufacturer Website
Contact Information: [email protected]
Notes:
This Accessibility Conformance Report was prepared by My Brother Darryl, IAAP Certified Web Accessibility Specialist. https://mybrotherdarryl.com
Evaluation Methods Used: Testing included the use of leading accessibility error detection software and manual auditing using accessibility software and devices such as keyboards, screen readers, screen and device sizes, magnification and touch devices.
Applicable Standards/Guidelines
This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:
| Standard/Guideline | Included In Report |
|---|---|
| Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 | Level A (Yes) Level AA (Yes) Level AAA (No) |
| Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 | Level A (Yes) Level AA (Yes) Level AAA (No) |
| Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 | Level A (No) Level AA (No) Level AAA (No) |
| Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018 | (No) |
| EN 301 549 Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services – V3.1.1 (2019-11) AND EN 301 549 Accessibility requirements for ICT products and services – V3.2.1 (2021-03) |
(No) |
Terms
The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:
- Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
- Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
- Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
- Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
- Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.
WCAG 2.x Report
Tables 1 and 2 also document conformance with:
- EN 301 549: Chapter 9 – Web, Sections 10.1-10.4 of Chapter 10 – Non-Web documents, and Sections 11.1-11.4 and 11.8.2 of Chapter 11 – Non-Web Software (open and closed functionality), and Sections 12.1.2 and 12.2.4 of Chapter 12 – Documentation
- Revised Section 508: Chapter 5 – 501.1 Scope, 504.2 Content Creation or Editing, and Chapter 6 – 602.3 Electronic Support Documentation.
Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.x Success Criteria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility-supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.0 Conformance Requirements.
Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
Notes:
| Criteria | Conformance Level | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The non-text content has text alternatives or has a text alternate that serves equivalent purpose with the exception of presentational elements.
However, there is an exception:
|
| 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Pre-recorded video has closed captioning included. There are no audio-only files included in the website. |
| 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | All tested video files include Closed captioning. |
| 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | All tested video files include Closed captioning. |
| 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Information, structure and relationships are conveyed both presentationally and programmatically or are available within the site text. |
| 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Meaningful sequence is maintained throughout to ensure a correct reading sequence.
However, there is an exception:
|
| 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Instructions and information is not conveyed through shape, colour, size, visual location, or sound alone. |
| 1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product does not convey information through color alone |
| 1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product does not have any pages where audio plays automatically. |
| 2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Keyboard navigation is well supported across the pages tested.
However, there is an exception:
|
| 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Keyboard focus is not locked or trapped in a particular area and the user is able to navigate to and from all navigable elements using only a keyboard. |
| 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product does not contain character key shortcuts. |
| 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Not Applicable | The product does not include time limits |
| 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Where the product contains any auto-playing video, there is also a control to pause the video. There is no auto-updating information contained within the tested site. |
| 2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product does not contain any elements that flash more than three times in any on second period. |
| 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product contains a keyboard accessible bypass block to skip the repetitive menu areas. |
| 2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | All pages of the product contain page titles to describe the topic of each page. |
| 2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | On all tested pages of the product, the focus order is navigated sequentially and focusable elements receive a visible focus. |
| 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | On all tested pages the link purpose of each link can be determined from either the link’s content or the programmatic information. |
| 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Applicable | The product itself does not contain multipoint or path-based gestures for use with any operations.
However – a third-party product locator tool does use and support multipoint gestures and can still be operated with a single pointer. |
| 2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product supports the pointer cancellation guidelines on all tested pages. |
| 2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product supports the label in the name across the pages tested. |
| 2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Applicable | The product does not contain any functionality that is operated by device motion. |
| 3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The language of the product is programmatically determinable. |
| 3.2.1 On Focus (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | None of the tested pages contain elements that initiate a change context when they receive focus. |
| 3.2.2 On Input (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product does not contain any interface components that cause a change of context without advising the user of the behaviour on any of the tested pages. |
| 3.2.6 Consistent Help (Level A 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | Although level A 2.2 is not a requirement for the site, it does contain consistent help mechanisms. |
| 3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product supports both visual and programmatic identification of errors on the tested pages. |
| 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product contains labels and instructions for any inputs on all tested pages. |
| 3.3.7 Redundant Entry(Level A 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Applicable | |
| 4.1.1 Parsing (Level A) Applies to: WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 – Always answer ‘Supports’ WCAG 2.2 (obsolete and removed) – Does not apply EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Supports | For WCAG 2.0, 2.1, EN 301 549, and Revised 508 Standards, the September 2023 errata update indicates this criterion is always supported. See the WCAG 2.0 Editorial Errata and the WCAG 2.1 Editorial Errata. |
| 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product supports user interface components where the name and role can be programmatically determined and notification of any changes is available to assistive technology on all tested pages. |
Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
Notes:
| Criteria | Conformance Level | Remarks and Explanations |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Not Applicable | The product does not contain any live media |
| 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | All videos contain closed captioning for audio description — with the exception of any video that is presentational in nature. |
| 1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product can be used in multiple screen orientations and does not restrict the view of the content. |
| 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product’s input fields can be identified both visually and programmatically on all tested pages. |
| 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Text and images of text all have a contrast ratio at or exceeding 4.5:1 |
| 1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality on all tested pages. |
| 1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product avoids the use of images of text, except when it is essential. |
| 1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product contains the ability to reflow all text without the loss of information or functionality and without the requirement to scroll in two dimensions.
Exception – The exception to this is the product locator map in which it is an essential function to be able to scroll in multiple directions. For more information on the Pear Product Locator tool conformance, please visit the Pear Commerce Accessibility Conformance Report |
| 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product uses an adequate (3:1) contrast ratio against adjacent colors for graphical objects and components. |
| 1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | The product supports the required text style properties without loss of content or functionality. |
| 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | When interactive items that trigger additional content receive hover / focus / trigger, the additional content is: dismissible, hoverable and persistent. |
| 2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product allows for multiple ways of navigating to or searching for pages within the website. |
| 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product headings and labels are descriptive |
| 2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The product supports a visible focus state on interactive items. |
| 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.7 Dragging Movements(Level AA 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Evaluated | |
| 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)(Level AA 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Evaluated | |
| 3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | The language of the page or parts of page can be programmatically determined. |
| 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Navigation components remain consistent throughout the product. |
| 3.2.4 Consistent Identification (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Components with the same functionality are identified consistently. |
| 3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Supports | Any input errors within the product have highly visible and programmatically detectable error states with an informative explanation of the error. |
| 3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (Level AA) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508
|
Web: Not Applicable | The program does not contain any input modalities that contain legal commitments or financial transactions. |
| 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (Level AA 2.2 only) EN 301 549 Criteria – Does not apply Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Not Evaluated | |
| 4.1.3 Status Messages(Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) Also applies to: EN 301 549 Criteria
Revised Section 508 – Does not apply |
Web: Supports | Any status messages encountered through testing were both visually and programmatically accessible without receiving focus. |
Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
Notes: Not Evaluated
Revised Section 508 Report
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 4: Hardware
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 5: Software
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services
Notes: Not Evaluated
EN 301 549 Report
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 4: Functional Performance Statements (FPS)
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 5: Generic Requirements
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 6: ICT with Two-Way Voice Communication
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 7: ICT with Video Capabilities
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 8: Hardware
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 9: Web (see WCAG 2.x section)
Notes:
Chapter 10: Non-Web Documents
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 11: Software
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 12: Documentation and Support Services
Notes: Not Evaluated
Chapter 13: ICT Providing Relay or Emergency Service Access
Notes: Not Evaluated
Legal Disclaimer (Company)
© 2024 Post Foods Canada, Inc. As of the date of its publication indicated in the information table at the beginning of this Conformance Report, this Conformance Report represents the current view of Post Foods Canada, Inc. regarding information about the Post Foods Canada, Inc. website (‘the product’) as outlined in the ITI’s “VPAT® 2.5 International Version.” Post Foods Canada, Inc. cannot guarantee that any information in this Conformance Report will remain accurate after such date of publication, but Post Foods Canada, Inc. works continuously to monitor the accessibility of its products and provide updates from time to time. Any modification or customization to the subject product may render some or all of this Conformance Report to become inapplicable. This Conformance Report is provided “as is” and for informational purposes only.