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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 – Is there an SDS expiry date? Do I need...

Child Resistant Packaging for Consumer Products- US vs. Canada

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email Child Resistant (CR) packaging is used to reduce the risk of children opening and experiencing exposure to a hazardous product. However, the requirements...

SDS Requirements – How do I disclose information in section 3?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Safety Data Sheets are a crucial component for health and safety in a workplace. Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are formerly known as...

Retail Consumer Product Labelling for the USA. There’s more to it than just hazard labelling.

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email For Consumer Products such as Laundry detergents, Dish detergents, Household cleaners, Air Fresheners & Diffusers, Automotive cleaning/maintenance, Floor polishes, Aerosols,...

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 non-registered product for Canada....

What does GHS Stand For?

By: Teah Jazey, Regulatory Affairs & Product Safety Associate Dell Tech’s Product Safety Team receives questions every day about the GHS. And for good reason! It is an important and...

GHS Pictogram Meanings

By: Alison Senyi, SENIOR PRODUCT SAFETY SPECIALIST You’re probably familiar with some of the following pictograms: exploding bomb pictogram skull and crossbones pictogram health hazard pictogram exclamation mark pictogram But...

CCCR 2001 – Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations. Is it applicable to my product?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email When you are looking to sell your product to another country, you must determine if there are regulations that are applicable to...

Canadian CCCR 2001 Requirements: CRC’s (Child-resistant Containers) – When are they required?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Consumer/Retail products intended for sale in Canada must meet not only the phrase requirements as per the existing CCCR 2001 but there...

Canadian CCCR 2001 Consumer/Retail Label Reviews

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Consumer/Retail products must be accurately labeled in order to be sold in Canada. Any product that is manufactured for non-commercial purposes, such...

WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List and SDSs (MSDSs)

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The terminology WHMIS Ingredient Disclosure List is something of the past but I am continuing to see it on currently issued Canadian...

WHMIS Symbols versus GHS Pictograms – What is the difference?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The terminology WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Information System) symbols and pictograms seems to be thrown around out there so let’s dive a little...

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