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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...

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...

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...

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 make, etc....

Does Adding a Different Fragrance Change My Formulation?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email YES. When you are adding a new fragrance to a formulation, there can be potential changes to the product classification as well...

CCCR 2001 – Child-Resistant Container Requirements and Toxic Classifications

By: Kirsten Alcock, Principal Product Safety Consultant, email The Canadian Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001) contains some of the regulations that we must follow when classifying, packaging,...

Has Your Firepot Been Recalled?

By: Ivy Tang, Product Safety Specialist, email Many portable fire pots available for sale on the Canadian market have been subjected to Health Canada’s regulatory enforcement. These products must meet...

Raw Material Classification Services

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email At Dell Tech, we provide our clients with consistent, reliable raw material classifications. Dell Tech has experience of over 40 years in...

GHS in Canada – What is the status?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email Last week at the Virtual Fall meeting for the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC), representatives from OSHA updated us on what...

What’s Happening with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) in The United States?

By: Kirsten Alcock, Manager of Product Safety, email A more recent update is now available. Last week at the Virtual Fall meeting for the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC),...

CCCR 2001 Compliancy and Risk – Contains Statement 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 and labeling a non-registered product...

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