The CMS consultants have been getting to grips with hazard classification of substances under the CLP Regulations, and all the delightful new pictograms which will be coming to a product label (and Sypol COSHH assessment) near you from December this year.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/ghs/eureg.htm
Some of the symbols are slightly bizarre and will take a bit of getting used to, but its all in the name of progress.
In this joyful transition period (until June 2015), statements like the one below are cunningly designed to pull you up short on a Monday morning after a heavy weekend following the World Cup:
20th January 2009 – 1st December 2010: Suppliers must classify substances according to CHIP, and may continue to label and package them according to regulations 6 to 11 of CHIP. However they may as an alternative choose to classify, label and package substances according to CLP. In this case, they must in addition continue to classify under regulation 4 of CHIP, but the requirements on labelling and packaging in regulations 6 to 11 of CHIP no longer apply.
Never fear, we have chemists at Sypol who, despite being massive football fans, are not phased by this sort of language, and are happy to explain it in simple terms at half time to anyone who will listen.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/ghs/eureg.htm
Some of the symbols are slightly bizarre and will take a bit of getting used to, but its all in the name of progress.
In this joyful transition period (until June 2015), statements like the one below are cunningly designed to pull you up short on a Monday morning after a heavy weekend following the World Cup:
20th January 2009 – 1st December 2010: Suppliers must classify substances according to CHIP, and may continue to label and package them according to regulations 6 to 11 of CHIP. However they may as an alternative choose to classify, label and package substances according to CLP. In this case, they must in addition continue to classify under regulation 4 of CHIP, but the requirements on labelling and packaging in regulations 6 to 11 of CHIP no longer apply.
Never fear, we have chemists at Sypol who, despite being massive football fans, are not phased by this sort of language, and are happy to explain it in simple terms at half time to anyone who will listen.
