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Canada Publishes Proposed Regulations Adopting GHS

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Canada Publishes Proposed Regulations Adopting GHSOn August 9, 2014, Health Canada published proposed regulatory amendments that would implement GHS in Canada. The public is given an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed amendments until September 8, 2014.

Here are the main highlights of the proposed changes, provided by a blog post from MSDSonline:

  • The new regulations would implement the fifth revision of GHS released in 2013.
  • The proposed Hazardous Product Regulations (HPR) would repeal and replace the Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) and would repeal the Ingredient Disclosure List. The proposed regulations would differ from the CPR in five broad areas: 1) the manner of establishing the classification of workplace hazardous chemicals; 2) classification of physical hazards; 3) classification of health hazards; 4) hazard communication and other requirements; and 5) exemptions.
  • Substances that react vigorously with water to release a toxic gas (currently classified as a Dangerously Reactive Material under the CPR) would be classified in the Acute Toxicity hazard class of the proposed HPR in alignment with the HCS 2012. The proposed HPR retains a separate hazard class for Biohazardous Infectious Materials in order to maintain the current level of worker protection in Canada.
  • Hazard pictograms, the signal word and hazard statements would be required to be grouped together on the label. In addition, it would be specified that the label must be durable and legible without the help of any devices other than corrective lenses.
  • The requirement from the CPR for a hatched border around the label content is not proposed to be retained, nor is the requirement that the label contain a statement to the effect that an MSDS is available.
  • For products classified as Biohazardous Infectious Materials, a new nine-heading appendix to the SDS based on the information sheets made publicly available is proposed to be required, in order to provide additional information that is more specific to the nature of the hazard presented by a biohazardous infectious material. As with the labeling requirements, this requirement would not be harmonized with the U.S. (biohazardous infectious materials are not regulated by the HCS 2012). But this inconsistency should not have a significant impact because biohazardous infectious materials are distinct from most chemical products, and the market for these products is limited.
  • Information on the label and SDS would continue to be required to be provided in both English and French. The information could appear either on a single bilingual SDS or two separate unilingual SDSs. Bilingual labels would continue to be required.
  • The requirement to revise the SDS every three years in the absence of new information in respect of the product would no longer be required as it is duplicative of the requirement that an SDS and label be accurate at the time of each sale or importation of the product.

You can also check out 3E Company’s WebInsight regulatory alert to learn more about the proposed regulatory changes in Canada.

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