Health Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are warning people to stop using five types of Rossignol cross-country ski boots because the sole could separate from the boot while skiing. Health Canada says the defect could cause skiers to fall.

Rossignol, sold by Quicksilver to Australia’s Macquarie Bank and US consumer group Jarden last November, announced last month it was cutting 400 jobs, or 30 per cent of its staff. “We have asked them (skiers) to accept a 50 percent cut in their fixed salary,” chairman Bruno Cercley told French sports daily L’Equipe. The company was not immediately available to comment.