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CCCR, 2001 Compliance – Flame Projection Testing and Requirements

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Before you determine which country you want to sell your product to, there are a couple of questions you must ask yourself:...

CCCR 2001: Canadian Consumer Label Review and Advice – Compliance with the Law

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email One of our core services at Dell Tech Laboratories is providing advice on your current labels – these labels can be registered...

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...

Simple Asphyxiant GHS Classification

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email This is a new classification to Canada that came about with the adoption of the GHS in 2015. It is not a...

Technical Translation Versus Canadian Regulatory Requirements

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Technical translation is the transcription of scientific text from one language to another with close attention paid to both the specialized technical...

TDG Exemptions – Why not use them?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Dangerous Goods in Canada are required to be shipped in accordance with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods – otherwise known to most...

California Prop 65 Updates

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The California Prop 65 list was updated in March 2021. There were two new chemicals added to the list. Should you be...

GHS – Globally Harmonized System. There’s nothing global about it!

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email GHS stands for the Globally Harmonized System and as I’ve advised in the past, it is not AT ALL harmonized globally. Different...

Limited Quantity Exemption: Were you aware there were changes?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Dangerous Goods in Canada are required to be shipped in accordance with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. These regulations CHANGE overtime so...

New York Amends Its Consumer Product VOC Regulation

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) recently published a final rule adopting new/revised volatile organic compound (VOC)...

EPA Updates List of Alternative Test Methods or Strategies (New Approach Methodologies aka NAMs)

By: Joe McCarthy, Lab Service Manager/Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, email The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated its list of alternative test methods or strategies (New Approach Methodologies...

Canadian Consumer Compliancy: CCCR 2001 – CCCR Symbol Requirements

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR 2001), contains the regulations that we must follow when classifying a non-registered product...

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