New GB-CLP regulation and GB safety data sheets
This article examines the new UK regulatory landscape for classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals under GB CLP.
Author: Mel Cooke
Director at Alchemy Compliance Ltd.
New UK-REACH regulation
UK chemical companies will have to comply with a new UK-REACH regulation, which became effective in January 2021
SVHCs in Articles and the SCIP database
This post informs you of new requirements to notify articles (eg machine parts) that contain substances of very high concern to the European Chemicals Agency.
Safety data sheets for candles and diffusers
This article looks at requirements for hazard classification, labelling and safety data sheet provision for makers of candles and diffusers in the EU and UK.
Brexit update: two months to UK-REACH
This post updates you on the UK REACH Regulation, the Government’s main instrument for gathering hazard information for forming UK chemical policy post Brexit.
Can you author a safety data sheet or product label for worldwide use?
We are regularly asked to provide an SDS for use world-wide. If you want to sell your chemical product into an industrialised country it will follow the UN GHS for hazard classification, SDS format, and label content. However, many national variations mean that harmonisation is not a reality.
Safety data sheet update: Regulation 2020/878
A new Regulation requires safety data sheets updates. This post informs you of the necessary changes.
Disinfectant Authorisation in the UK
This post looks at the regulatory framework for disinfectant authorisiation in the UK.
Harmonised classification of titanium dioxide
Industry fought hard against the harmonised classification of titanium dioxide as a carcinogen. With the publication in the EUs Official
Authorisation Under REACH
SVHCs and the Authorisation List The REACH Regulation [1] aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health
