Regulatory compliance for chemical products
The harmonised classification of alcohol (ie ethanol) in the EU would mandate the warnings: ‘Suspected of damaging the unborn child’, ‘may cause harm to breast-fed children’, and ‘may cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure’. Are such warnings justified? What would be the consequences? Will alcohol-based hand gel need such warnings?
This article examines the new UK regulatory landscape for classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals under GB CLP.
UK chemical companies will have to comply with a new UK-REACH regulation, which became effective in January 2021
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.
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.
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.
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.
A new Regulation requires safety data sheets updates. This post informs you of the necessary changes.
This post looks at the regulatory framework for disinfectant authorisiation in the UK.
Industry fought hard against the harmonised classification of titanium dioxide as a carcinogen. With the publication in the EUs Official
