Do You Have All Your Ducks in a Row?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When I say, do you have all your ducks in a row I am asking: Do you know where you plan to sell your product. Do you know your claims? Do you [...]
GHS Moving to Version 7 in Canada – What can we expect?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Earlier this month, Health Canada advised that we will be moving from Version 5 to Version 7 of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) here in [...]
Full Compliance with the GHS (Globally Harmonized System)
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email On February 11, 2015, Health Canada published Part II of the Hazardous Products Regulations in the Canadian Gazette, which incorporated the [...]
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Requirements in Ontario, Canada. Are You Required to Update Your SDS?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email This is a question we hear quite often from our Ontario clients – do I need to update my SDS if it’s older than three years? Under the older [...]
Canadian Consumer Compliancy: CCCR 2001 – Label Requirements
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying a [...]
GHS Pictogram Meanings
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email With the change in regulations from WHMIS 1988 to WHMIS 2015, the word ‘Pictogram’ is being used rather than ‘Symbol’. Although the word [...]
Substances of Special Concern – Corrosive Materials
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001, contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying a [...]
Temporary Certificates for Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Expiring Soon
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When Covid first started, Transport Canada provided some temporary certificates to help facilitate the transport of dangerous chemicals [...]
WHMIS Symbols versus GHS Pictograms – What is the difference?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Request a Quote The terminology WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Information System) symbols and pictograms seems to be thrown around out there [...]
Proof of Classification
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Proper classification for transportation is essential for the health and safety of everyone involved. It impacts the individual preparing the [...]
