UNECE: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS Rev. 8 (2019)
Description:
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally-agreed tool for chemical hazard communication, incorporating harmonized chemical hazard classification criteria and provisions for standardised labels and safety data sheets. Implementation of the GHS and sound chemical hazard communication requires initiatives, activities and capacities for three distinct actors: government, business and industry, and public interest and labour organisations. In addition, the provisions of the GHS affect chemical hazard communication in four key sectors at the national level; they include: industrial workplace, agriculture, transport, and consumer products.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
GHS defines relevant information to be notified, including:
• The product identifier i.e. the name or number used for a product on a label or in the Safety Data Sheets.
• the name, address and telephone number of the supplier(s)
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8th Revised Edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals