EU-CLP Proposed Label Changes Update
In case you missed it.. Back in September, the EC made further proposed changes to labels under the new amendment to CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals legislation). You …
EU Adopts Restriction of Intentionally Added Microplastics
The European Commission has finally implemented the restriction of intentionally added microplastics under the European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation, marking one year since the …
Regulation Update for the Sale and Disposal of Creosote-Treated Timber
Coal Tar Creosote, also known as ‘Creosote,’ has played a vital role in preserving wood for more than a century and a half, but its future is uncertain. In this …
Hazard Warning Diamonds – Are Yours In Compliance?
Hibiscus PLC/Stock-Xpress are the largest manufacturers of Hazard Warning Diamonds in the UK. Buying directly Online from us makes sense! The Regulations Packaged dangerous goods are transported across borders all …
Chemical Labelling: Achieving Perfect Chemistry in the Supply Chain
Chemical labelling compliance is a challenge faced by many companies in a wide range of industries. The struggle to provide GHS compliant warning labels and safety data sheets (SDSs), in …
The Limited Quantity Label – LQ Mark
What are Limited Quantities? Limited Quantities refers to dangerous goods that are shipped in small containers which are packed in boxes or shrink-wrapped trays. Because smaller quantities of hazardous materials …
Terms to Avoid on a Chemical Hazard Label
The CLP regulation specifically defines the content of chemical labels and the organisation of the various label elements that ensure the safe use and supply of hazardous substances and mixtures. …
ECHA provides advice on new hazard classes for substances and mixtures
Three new hazard classes for classifying, labelling and packaging (CLP) substances and mixtures entered into force on 20th April 2023. ECHA has published information on the application dates and related …
Update to Labelling Changes Proposed Under CLP Regulations
Why Are The CLP Regulations Being Revised? The EC have advised that their analysis showed that the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemicals (CLP) regulation should be updated to take …
Hibiscus Gears Up for CLP Label Changes Ahead of ChemUk Expo
The chemical industry has always been a vital part of the global economy, and with the increasing emphasis on safety and environmental regulations, labelling standards and practices have become an …
EU Publishes New Hazard Classes for Endocrine Disruptors and Persistent and Mobile Chemicals
On March 31, 2023, the European Commission published a Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/707 in the Official Journal of the European Union, which amends Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. This is in …
Lithium Battery Label/Mark Update 2023
Changes to the Lithium Battery Mark for 2023 The lithium battery mark will no longer be required to display a ‘telephone number for additional information’. The double asterisk has been …
CLP: EC Proposes Major Overhaul of Chemical Labelling Including Minimum Font Sizes
EC unveils proposal to revise EU chemical labelling rules On 19th December 2022, the European Commission proposed a revised Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and …
Corrosive Label – The Class 8 Label & Placard
The EU has passed numerous directives and regulations to help keep people safe when using and transporting potentially dangerous corrosive substances and there are long-standing treaties such as ADR and RID that …
UK REACH registration deadlines extended by three years
Deadlines for submitting data about chemicals in the UK, post-Brexit, are to be extended by three years On 29 November 2022, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs …
Titanium Dioxide Update – Carcinogenic Classification Revoked
The EU Court of Justice has annulled the European Commission delegated regulation of 2019, which labeLled titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a carcinogenic substance by inhalation in certain powder forms. This …
Labelling Hazardous Goods For Different Modes of Transport
When transporting dangerous goods, the mode of transport has a significant impact on their labelling requirements. Hazard factors, such as mechanical stress, magnetivity, humidity and pressure can vary from one mode …
Overpack Labels (The Labelling & Marking of Overpacks)
What is an Overpack? Overpacks are enclosures used by shippers to contain one or more packages of dangerous goods to form a single handling unit. This makes handling and stowage …
Class 6 Labels | Toxic Labels | The Labelling & Marking of Toxic Substances
Class 6 labels (toxic labels) are used for the identification of toxic and infectious substances during transportation. When you think of toxic substances you probably imagine billowing green clouds of industrial …
Radioactive Labels & Placards: Understanding Shipping Labels & Placards for Radioactive Materials
Labelling and Marking Radioactive Materials The labelling and marking requirements for radioactive materials can vary depending on the mode of transport used and the precise nature and quantity of the …
The Class 9 Label (Miscellaneous Label)
The EU has passed numerous directives and regulations to help keep people safe when using and transporting potentially hazardous substances. The Miscellaneous Class 9 label is used for the transportation …
EU Proposes to Add Two New Hazard Classes to EU CLP Regulation for Endocrine Disruptors
CLP: New Endocrine Disruption Hazard Classes and Criteria The European Commission has begun consulting on its fast-tracked plans to add new hazard classes to the CLP Regulation, including a category for ‘suspected’ endocrine …
Flammable and Combustible – Do You Know The Difference?
Class 3, Flammable Liquids, are one of the most commonly used classes of dangerous goods. Flammable liquids have various different uses and are found in many workplaces from hair salons …
Cargo Aircraft Only Label (CAO Label – IATA)
The Cargo Aircraft Only Label (CAO Label – IATA) These bright orange labels warn airline shipping personnel NOT to load dangerous cargo onto PASSENGER aircraft due to the threat that …
Flammable Liquid Labels – The Class 3 Label & Placard
The EU has passed numerous directives and regulations to help keep people safe when using and transporting potentially hazardous flammable substances and there are long-standing treaties such as ADR and RID that …
The UK’s Offensive Weapons Act introduces new restrictions on the direct-to-consumer sale of corrosive products
The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 has revised new requirements for the sale, possession and enforcement of corrosive products and substances. The Act will restrict access to the most harmful corrosive …
Hazardous Waste Label Requirements
The hazardous waste label is covered by various regulations in the UK. These regulations require that the producer of the waste disposes of it accordingly, ensuring that the correct labelling …
The Live Animal Label
The Live Animal Label Responsibilities Every person involved with the commercial transport of animals has a responsibility as appropriate to their role in planning, organising, and carrying out the journey …
The Elevated Temperature Label (Elevated Temperature Substance Mark)
The Elevated Temperature Mark is used to identify special vehicles or containers carrying substances in a liquid state, over 100°, or in a solid state at, or above 240°. elevated …
Are Poison Centre Notifications to Become Mandatory in the UK?
Are Poison Centre Notifications to Become Mandatory in the UK? The poison centre for Great Britain and Northern Ireland — the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS), announced in February, that despite …
Class 4 Label (Flammable Solid Label 4.1)
Flammable Solid Label/Class 4 Label: used for marking and identifying Flammable Solid substances during transportation. WHAT ARE CLASS 4 Dangerous Goods? Class 4 deals with substances, other than those classified …
The IATA Time and Temperature Sensitive Label
The IATA Time and Temperature Sensitive Label To address the challenges in transporting healthcare products, IATA (International Air Transport Association) has identified product temperature management issues within the airline industry …
GHS Chemical Label Compliance for Schools & Colleges
Working with chemicals in schools & colleges All chemicals in use in laboratories throughout the UK must be labelled in compliance with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Regulations. Schools and …
Dangerous Goods Notes & Dangerous Goods Declarations
Buy Dangerous Goods Notes Directly Online. The Dangerous Goods Note & Dangerous Goods Declaration: Transport Documentation Required for the Shipment of Dangerous Goods When any type of goods are …
Blacking-Out Blank GHS Diamonds on Supply Labels
GHS Diamonds: can they be left blank or do they have to be blacked out? Pre-Printed Label Stocks When producing GHS/CLP supply labels, it’s common practice to use …
Should Hazardous Goods Labels be Displayed on Vans?
Every day, huge quantities of dangerous Goods and hazardous chemicals are transported throughout the UK by road. Do the smaller vans and trailers carrying such packages need to display hazardous …
New Legislation Restrictions for Diisocyanates & Titanium Dioxide come into force
New REACH labelling and training regulations to be introduced, with the first labelling deadline implemented on 24th February 2022. On 4th August 2020, the EU implemented a new regulation restricting …
The Excepted Quantities Label (Excepted Quantity Mark)
What is the Excepted quantities provision? When certain dangerous goods are shipped in very small quantities they can be freed from the stringent dangerous goods regulations by using the Excepted …
The Explosive Label (Class 1 Label)
The EU has passed numerous directives and regulations to help keep people safe when using and transporting potentially hazardous substances. The Class 1 label is used for marking and identifying …
The HL Pennant – Heavy Lift Pennants
The HL Pennant, or HL Pennants, are bright orange tapered flags that are used to indicate and identify heavy loads when they are being lifted by crane. If the load …
The Class 5 Label & Placard (Oxidising Agent Label / Organic Peroxide Label)
Class 5 label & placard Class 5 Dangerous Goods There are two sub-divisions for Class 5 Dangerous Goods: Class 5.1 Oxidizing substances Oxidizing substances are those which, while in themselves …
Magnetized Material Label (IATA)
There are no restrictions or requirements when transporting magnetized material by ground or sea, but when magnets are transported by air they are regulated as dangerous goods. This is because …
Spontaneously Combustible Labels – Class 4.2 Labels
Spontaneously combustible labels (Class 4.2 labels) are used for marking and identifying spontaneously combustible materials and substances during transportation. What Are Spontaneously combustible goods? Division 4.2 goods are either …
The Toxic Gas Label
Toxic Gases – CLASS 2.3 Toxic gases are classified as dangerous goods (class 2.3) and though each mode of transport, (air, sea, road, rail and inland waterway) has its own …
This Way Up Labels
This Way Up labels, available from Stock-Xpress. Arrow orientation labels are a type of handling and shipping instruction that appear in the dangerous goods regulations for road (ADR), sea (IMDG) …
Is Your Safety Data Sheet Regulatory Compliance Up to Date for 2022?
New REACH SDS Requirements If you manufacture or supply chemical mixtures which contain hazardous substances, for professional or industrial use, then you must provide a GHS/CLP compliant Safety Data Sheet …
Environmentally Hazardous Substance Labels / Marks
Environmentally Hazardous labels: the Environmentally Hazardous Substance Mark is used to notify shipping personnel that the material being transported is toxic to the marine environment and its ecosystems. What are …
Safety Data Sheets – Know the Ins and Outs
Safety data sheets provide information on chemical products that help users of those chemicals to make a risk assessment. They describe the hazards the chemical presents, and give information on …
Are You Up To Date With the 2021 Chemical Safety Legislation Changes?
The start of 2021 brought many changes to the chemical safety legislation that companies need to comply with. Are you up to date? Why is correct chemical management important? …
New Requirements for Safety Data Sheets in 2021/2022: What you need to know
REACH Update The European Commission has amended Annex II of REACH, concerning the compilation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). Safety Data Sheets don’t change very often – this is an …
UFIs – Are Your Labels Ready For The Poison Centre Notification Deadlines?
The Unique Formula Identifier (UFI): A New GHS Labelling Element for Hazardous Mixtures in the EU From 1st Jan 2021, a new label element will have to appear on the …
The New Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) and Your Product Labels
From Jan 1st 2021, a new label element will have to appear on the labels of all products classified for health or physical hazards. A 16-character code called the Unique …
The Class 2 Label (Gas Labels & Placards)
The EU has passed numerous directives and regulations to help keep people safe when using and transporting potentially hazardous gases and there are long-standing treaties such as ADR and RID that …
The ADR Plate (ADR Panel) Hazchem & ADR Vehicle Marking
The ADR Plate, Hazchem & ADR Vehicle marking all come under the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road regulations – ADR. THE EMERGENCY ACTION CODE …
EC Propose to Postpone First Poison Centre Deadline
The EU Commission has proposed a one-year postponement of the obligation for importers and downstream users to send information to Poison Centres, when placing mixtures on the market for consumer …
Cefic kicks off discussion on digitalising GHS hazard labels
UN working group asked to consider case for smart technologies The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has taken its campaign for digital chemical hazard labels to the UN, offering ideas …
EU Regulation: Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) Soon Mandatory
A Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) will soon be required by law on the labels of products classified for health or physical hazards. The 16-digit code is intended to help Poison Centres to be able to precisely identify …
Enforcement authorities to focus on improving Safety Data Sheets and agreed inspections of mixtures
National enforcement authorities in EU member states have agreed to conduct a pilot project to check the classification of mixtures under the CLP regulation. The exercise was agreed by members …
Did You Know, the EU has Clarified CLP Notification Obligations of Re-branders?
Clarification In a paper circulated ahead of the meeting of the Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP (CARACAL) on March 20th, the Commission reiterated its stance that re-branders and re-labellers …
New submission portal released for poison centres
ECHA has released a new portal that allows companies to prepare and submit information on hazardous mixtures that can be used by poison centres. The submission portal is a secure, …
Prometheus Update Includes New Poison Centre XML Export Feature
Prometheus, SDS Authoring Software – Update now available. New CLP poison centre notification requirements A significant update to the CLP Regulation will see Poison Centre information harmonised across the EU. The legislation …
EU/OSHA Continue 2018/2019 Healthy Workplaces Campaign
Dangerous substances are more common than you think! Are you familiar with the risks of the substances you handle? Are they being properly managed? EU-OSHA has launched an awareness …
EU Publishes 13th ATP to CLP
The European Commission has published amendments to the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP). This is the 13th adaptation to technical and scientific progress …
New Tool for Checking Safety Data Sheets
The Dutch Labour Inspectorate has created an online tool, available in English, that can check SDS information, for end users, and send feedback to suppliers. SDS Check is based on …
New EU Guide on Poison Centre Notifications
ECHA has just published a guidance document for companies submitting online notifications to poison centres. The guide, entitled: How to Prepare and Submit Information to Poison Centres, is available in English …
ECHA Poison Centre site adds new Support Pages for Downstream Users & Importers
Does your company place hazardous mixtures, such as paints and detergents, on the EU market? Submission deadlines are now coming up, depending on the use types. The ECHA has revamped …
Significant Changes & Amendments to 60TH Edition (2019) of IATA DGR, Now Available
IATA (International Air Transport Association) has released the summary of significant changes to the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) that will appear in the upcoming 60th Edition, effective in January 2019. …
CEFIC: CLP Poison Centre Notification Deadline ‘Impossible’ To Meet
Concern over IT delays and 2020 deadline According to CEFIC (the European Chemical Industry Council), delays and unresolved issues mean that it will be “impossible” for the European Commission …
ECHA Updates Chemical Safety Factsheets
Echa has updated its factsheet on ‘Information on Chemical’s and its leaflet ‘Chemical Safety & Your Business’. They are both available in 23 EU languages. If you use chemicals, formulate chemical …
ECHA Update Interactive Guide on SDSs and Exposure Scenarios
The ECHA has updated its interactive guide on safety data sheets and exposure scenarios. The guide is intended to help suppliers and SDS recipients to compile and understand substance and …
ECHA Poison Centre Q&A Update
Poison Centre Q&A update ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) has increased the content of the question and answer section of its poison centres website. This is in light of its …
IATA & IMO to Rescind 2mm Border Requirement for Package Labels
On March 27, 2018, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) issued guidance regarding the specifications for dangerous goods labels on air shipments. In the guidance document, IATA announced that the recently …
New CLP Poison Centre Requirements
Chemical products containing hazardous substances are expected to be safe when used according to instructions, however, adverse health effects due to accidents, inappropriate use or intentional misuse result in many calls being …
EU Back Classification of MIT as Allergen in Mixtures
Restriction threshold lowered for paints & detergents. EU member states have voted to approve a harmonised classification of the preservative methylisothiazolinone (MIT) as an allergen in mixtures like paint …
US – FDA Finalises Ban on Triclosan and 23 Other Antiseptic Ingredients
The antibacterial compound triclosan, already banned in the U.S. from consumer soaps, will no longer be allowed in antiseptic products used in hospitals and other health-care environments. The U.S. …
May 2018 REACH Registration Deadline Approaches for Low-Volume Chemicals
If you manufacture or import chemicals in the EU then chances are that you have already been affected by the many REACH registration deadlines over the past few years. Even if …
ECHA Update List of Substances Potentially Subject to Compliance Checks
On 27 November 2017, ECHA updated the list of substances for which a REACH Registration dossier compliance check will, in all likelihood, be conducted. ECHA has added 149 new substances …
EU Inspectors to Investigate Safety Data Sheets
Safety Data Sheets are currently under scrutiny due to the launch of ECHA’s fifth and sixth REACH Enforcement Projects. Both projects involve EU Member States inspectors checking the quality and accuracy of SDSs throughout …
EU Enforcement Project to Target Phthalates & Flame Retardants
The European Chemicals Agency Enforcement Forum has begun work on a pilot project to verify compliance with the notification and communication obligations of substances in articles in REACH. It will …
Germany Proposes EU Restriction on PFCAs
RESTRICTION SUBMISSION for PFCAS LODGED WITH ECHA Germany has submitted a report to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) proposing to restrict the manufacturing, use, placing on the market and import …
IATA Publishes List of Significant Changes to DGR
IATA has published a list of the significant changes to its Dangerous Goods Regulations that will appear in the 59th edition, effective from 1 January 2018. Most of the listed amendments …
New Guidelines on Classification of Waste Packaging
Business Associations in the chemicals supply chain have launched new guidance to assist companies in meeting waste packaging obligations. The new 2017 guidance document “The assessment and classification of waste …
Over 20 CMRs Added to REACH Restriction List
The EU Commission has placed over 20 carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic substances on Annex XVII list of restricted substances under REACH. On 31 August 2017, the Official Journal of the …
The Fumigation Warning Sign
The Fumigation Warning Sign (ADR/RID) Shipping containers are frequently transported under live fumigation in order to preserve or sterilise cargo that may contain soil, plants or plant material. The fumigation …
Police Ask RHA Members to Ensure ADR Compliance
ADR sets out conditions under which dangerous goods can be carried by road. All hauliers need to be aware of the laws on transporting dangerous goods, and the procedures involved …
CLP Regulations: Online Sales of Chemical Products Under Investigation
Investigation to verify and ensure compliance with EU’s REACH and CLP Regulations. A large rise in the amount of potentially hazardous chemical products being sold to consumers via the internet …
CLP Labelling & Tactile Warning Labels for E-Cigarettes
What are E-Cigarettes? Electronic cigarettes, also known as E-Cigarettes, Vapourisers and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are cigarette substitutes that allow the smoker to inhale nicotine without inhaling the tobacco, …
