An SDS will be required to be updated when the supplier becomes aware of any "significant new data". The definition of "significant new data" is:. This definition means that an SDS must be updated when there is new information that changes how the hazardous product is classified, or when there are changes to the way you will handle or store or protect yourself from the hazards of the product.
SDSs will be required to be updated within 90 days of the supplier being aware of the new information. If you purchase a product within this 90 day time period, the supplier must inform you of the significant new data and the date on which it became available in writing. Note: The requirement to update a material safety data sheet every three years, as was the case under WHMIS , no longer applies.
Suppliers have an ongoing responsibility to make sure SDSs and labels are accurate and compliant. Note: The requirement to maintain updated SDSs are also regulated by your local provincial or territorial jurisdictions, and they may have different requirements. Check with your local jurisdiction for more information. You will know if an SDS has been updated by checking this date, and comparing it to the one on any previous SDS you have. Note that there is no requirement for the supplier to provide an updated SDS to past purchasers of a hazardous product.
However, it continues to be good practice to provide this information to purchasers who may still be using the product. Employers will be required to make sure that all hazardous products as defined by the Hazardous Products Regulations have an up-to-date SDS when it enters the workplace.
The SDSs must be readily available to the workers who are exposed to the hazardous product, and to the health and safety committee or representative. As mentioned, in some circumstances, an employer may be required to prepare an SDS e. SDSs have many different audiences including occupational hygienists and safety professionals, employers, supervisors, nurses, doctors, emergency responders, and workers. To ensure that SDS users can quickly find the information that they need, information directed toward these various users will be listed in specific sections.
Having a set format will make it easier to find the information you need on every SDS. Not necessarily. A lot of health hazard information, for example, is written in general terms.
In addition, SDSs are often written for many different uses or applications of the product, and the handling and safety precautions may not be specific to your workplace.
Contacting the manufacturer can give you quick clarification on what those changes might be. The REACH regulations place requirements on suppliers to provide certain information in this subsection of safety data sheets.
It should be noted, however, that not all SDS will contain a report of each and every property e. A brief explanation of the properties that should appear here, if applicable:. The information in this subsection regarding vapours should be read in conjunction with Sections 2 and This will assist you in determining how dangerous it is and whether the vapour is created at low or high temperatures.
As the title suggests, subsection 9. Indication of any safety issues that may arise should the product change in physical appearance. Other Indication of the possibility of hazardous reactions, including a statement whether the chemical will react of polymerize, which could release excess pressure of heat, or create other hazardous conditions. Also, a description of the conditions under which a hazardous reaction may occur.
List of all conditions that should be avoided e. List of all classes of incompatible materials e. List of any known or anticipated hazardous decomposition products that could be produced because of use, storage, or heating.
Hazardous decomposition products should also be included in Section 5, Fire-Fighting Measures. Section Toxicological Information. Information required in this section includes: Information on the likely routes of exposure inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact. The SDS should also indicate if the information is unknown. Description of the delayed, immediate, or chronic effects from short- and long-term exposures. The numerical measures of toxicity e.
Description of the symptoms. This description includes the symptoms associated with exposure to the chemical including symptoms fro the lowest to the most severe exposures. Section Ecological Information non-mandatory. Whether there is a potential for the chemical to persist and degrade in the environment either through biodegradation or other processes, such as oxidation or hydrolysis. Results of tests of bioaccumulation potential, making reference to the octanol-water partition coefficient Kow and the bioconcentration factor BCF where available.
The potential for a substance to move from the soil to the groundwater indicate results from adsorption studies of leaching studies. Other adverse effects e. Section Disposal Considerations non-mandatory. Information in this section may include: Description of appropriate disposal containers to use. Recommendations of appropriate disposal methods to employ. Description of the physical and chemical properties that may affect disposal activities. Language discouraging sewage disposal.
Any special precautions for landfills of incineration activities. Section Transportation Information non-mandatory. Information in this section may include: UN Number i. UN proper shipping name.
If the substance as used in the mixture is in nanoform but is not registered or addressed by the downstream user chemical safety report, the particle characteristics which have impact on the safety of the mixture, shall be provided. For nanoform components, the same characterisation requirements detailed 2 for section 3. Other updates to Section 9 include: Physical and chemical parameters shall be indicated if their indication is relevant for the safe use of the substance or mixture.
Reasons for omissions of data to be clearly indicated. Additional information is provided for each property. It will become mandatory to state in section 2.
For pure chemical substances, you must now provide product information on the Specific Concentration Limits, the Multiplying-factors and the Acute Toxicity Estimates. Threshold concentrations for inclusion in Section 3. Hazard class and category. The list of properties you must detail about your chemical substance in Section 9 has been updated — much more detail is required by the Regulation when describing the results of physico-chemical testing. Section 9. The recommended list order of the properties has changed.
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