On February 11, 2015, the Government of Canada published in the Canada Gazette, Part II the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR), which, in addition to the amendments made to the Hazardous Products Act under the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No.1, modified the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) 1988 to incorporate the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) for workplace chemicals. This modified WHMIS is referred to as WHMIS 2015. The Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) and the Ingredient Disclosure List have been repealed.
While WHMIS 2015 includes new harmonized criteria for hazard classification and requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDS), the roles and responsibilities for suppliers, employers and workers have not changed.
Suppliers, defined as persons who, in the course of business, sell or import a hazardous product, will continue to:
- identify whether their products are hazardous products; and,
- prepare labels and SDSs and provide these to purchasers of hazardous products intended for use in a workplace.
FONTE: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/whmis-simdut/ghs-sgh/index-eng.php
GLOSSÁRIO:
AMENDMENTS: ALTERAÇÕES
ACT UNDER: AGIR SOBE
LABELLING OF CHEMICALS: Rotulagem de Produtos Químicos
LIST INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE: LISTA DIVULGAÇÃO DE INGREDIENTE
BEEN REPEALED: FOI REVOGADA
WHILE: ENQUANTO
Globally Harmonized: globalmente Harmonizado
REPEALED - REVOGADO
SUPPLIERS: FORNECEDORES
purchasers: COMPRADORES
provide: fornece
GRUPO:
GEOVANNI SILVA
CÉLIK HENRIQUE
Thanks for sharing this nice information. Countries across the world are becoming stricter in enforcing norms, especially when they are related to chemicals. The US Federal Agency, OSHA, put into effect the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) developed by the UN. Follow guidelines by icsds.com.
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