Guidance on WHMIS Supplier Requirements Now Available
By: Sarah D’Mello, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST, email An updated Guidance on the WHMIS supplier requirements is now accessible on the Government of Canada’s website. This document, [...]
Concentration Ranges on a Canadian Safety Data Sheet (SDS) – What range are you using?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email One of the biggest non-compliances I continue to see when I receive supplier Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) is section 3 and the [...]
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 [...]
Aspiration Toxicity – Why am I seeing different classifications in Canada?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email Products for sale in Canada have different regulations that are applicable depending on your intended audience, claims you want to [...]
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Expiry and Risk of Compliance
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 [...]
Combustible Dusts Criteria – What are the requirements on my SDS?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email It wasn’t up until recently that more of us became familiar with the GHS Category for combustible dust. This was not something we had to [...]
WHMIS 1988 Symbols and Controlled Products Regulations References – Why are we still seeing these on labels and SDSs?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email I am noticing more and more that Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) coming from other countries into Canada are still referencing our older [...]
Did you know Canada has a specific format to their SDS?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Many of my clients would like one safety data sheet (SDS) created for the world. The thought is that the GHS (Globally Harmonized System) [...]
WHMIS 2015 GHS Symbols and Pictograms – If my product is hazardous, why do I not have a symbol?
By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When I send a Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Safety Data Sheet (SDS) draft to my clients, I often have questions surrounding the GHS Symbols [...]
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