SDS GHS Update
By: Teah Jazey, PRODUCT SAFETY AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, email As I am sure you’ve heard by now, the Canadian GHS revision 7 is upon us! As the amendments were originally posted in [...]
CCCR vs. GHS: Different Regulations, Different Pictograms
By: Sarah D’Mello, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email In Canada, consumer chemical products and workplace chemical products are subject to separate regulations. This means that there [...]
SDS Expiry Date and Risk of Compliance
By: Alison Senyi, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email Upcoming regulatory changes In January 2023, Canada published the revisions to the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR). The document [...]
GHS Label Requirements
By: Alison Senyi, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email What is GHS? GHS stands for the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. This was introduced by the [...]
SDS Authoring: What You Need to Know About Your Safety Data Sheet Consultant
By: Sarah D’Mello, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email Are you considering outsourcing safety data sheet authoring? Before you proceed, it’s crucial to thoroughly assess any [...]
Protecting Confidential Business Information (CBI) on Safety Data Sheets and Labels
By: Sarah D’Mello, Senior Product Safety Specialist, email Many countries that adopted GHS have made their own requirements for protecting confidential business information (CBI) on Safety [...]
WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List (IDL) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The terminology WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List is something of the past but I am continuing to see it on currently issued Canadian [...]
CCCR Classifications versus GHS Classifications – Combustible Liquids – What are some of the differences?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email As I’ve advised in the past, when determining the label for your product in Canada, you first need to determine where you want to [...]
GHS in Canada and the United States – What is the expectation for compliance?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email Over the last couple of months, there has been much talk about moving forward to Version 7 of the GHS for the United States and [...]
Corrosivity – Why do I have to ship as corrosive when my product label does not have a corrosive symbol?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email As I indicated in a blog earlier this month, products for sale in Canada have different regulations that are applicable depending on [...]
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