GHS CLP Presentation Background to GHS The Earth

GHS / CLP Presentation

Background to GHS The Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janerio, in 1992 resulted in an international mandate to create: “a Globally Harmonised hazard classification and compatible labelling System, including material safety data sheets and easily understandable symbols’’ - This is abbreviated to ‘GHS’

Aim of GHS To provide: A criteria for classifying chemicals according to their health, environmental and physical hazards throughout the world A method of informing users of hazard risks through labels and safety data sheets

Is GHS a legal treaty? The UN GHS is not a formal treaty, but instead is a non-legally binding international agreement. Therefore, countries (or trading blocks) must create local or national legislation to implement the GHS. In the EU (including the UK) this is implemented via the CLP Regulation.

What is CLP? CLP stands for Classification, Labelling and Packaging. The CLP Regulation entered into force in January 2009. The method of classifying and labelling chemicals it introduced is based on the United Nations' Globally Harmonised System (GHS).

Time Frame Entered into force 20 th January, 2009 with an 8 year transitional period (until 2017) for full application 1 st June 2015 for all new mixtures (Evans Vanodine products) 1 st June 2017 for all mixtures currently in the supply chain Each company preparing substances (raw materials) and mixtures (products) must ensure their labelling is in accordance with the regulation. This will be enforced by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) (and Pesticide Control Service).

Changes Hazard Symbols are to be replaced with Hazard Pictograms The orange square is replaced by a red diamond

Hazard Pictograms GHS 01 GHS 05 GHS 07 GHS 06 GHS 08 GHS 04 GHS 03 GHS 02 GHS 09

New Symbols The “Exclamation Mark” is replacing the “St Andrew’s Cross” The “Exploding Man” will identify chronic health hazard The “Gas Bottle” will identify compressed and liquefied gases There is no direct equivalent from CHIP symbols to CLP

Signal Words ‘Indication of Danger’ words, ie ‘Toxic’, ‘Corrosive’, ‘Irritant’ etc will be replaced under CLP with two new ‘Signal Words’ These signal words are ‘Danger’ and ‘Warning’ depending on the category of the hazard class Severe hazards will include the signal word ‘Danger’ All others will include the signal word ‘Warning’

Hazard Statements Hazard (H) Statements replace the Risk (R) Phrases H 200 -H 299 Physical Hazard e. g. Flammable gas H 300 -H 399 Health Hazard e. g. Causes skin irritation H 400 -H 499 Environment Hazard e. g. Very toxic to aquatic life

Precautionary Statements Precautionary (P) Statements replace the Safety (S) Phrases P 100 -P 199 General e. g. Keep out of reach of children P 200 -P 299 Prevention e. g. Protect from moisture P 300 -P 399 Response e. g. Wash with plenty of soap and water P 400 -P 499 Storage e. g. Store locked up P 500 -P 599 Disposal e. g. Dispose of contents/container to. . .

Label Hazard (H) Statements Hazard Pictogram Signal Word OLD Precautionary (P) Statements NEW

Previously ‘Not Classified’ Products Threshold levels in CLP are lower than in old CHIP system Under CHIP, a product would need to contain more than 20% of certain ingredients to trigger an ‘Irritant’ hazard symbol Under CLP this is reduced to 10% to trigger a hazard pictogram We estimate as many as 80% of previously non-classified products will now include a hazard pictogram on the label

Interpretation of the “Corrosive” image Under CHIP, 10% of certain ingredients would trigger an R 41 ‘Risk of serious damage to eyes’ phrase and ‘Irritant’ symbol Under CLP, this threshold has been reduced to 3% to trigger a H 318 ‘Causes serious eye damage’ statement and GHS 05 pictogram Image we recognise as “corrosive” still used on caustic soda based products, such as DISHWASH and OVEN CLEANER Will ALSO be used on products which may contain only 3% of certain types of ingredients It is now very important to read labels for Hazard Statements and not just rely on a glance at the pictogram

Points to remember: This is a change that will affect every manufacturer in the United Nations The hazard symbols are changing, NOT the products The orange square will become a red bordered diamond Labels now contain more information The pictogram is an indication of danger only – you MUST read the accompanying Hazard and Precaution Statements on the label The hazard classification applies to the undiluted product only The formulation has not changed – just the system to classify it

Further information The Health & Safety Executive website provides detailed information on CLP: www. hse. gov. uk/chemical-classification/legal/clp- regulation. htm Janitorial Express: sales@janitorialexpress. co. uk www. 020 Janitorialexpress. co. uk 7700 3322