News Press Releases Panreac adapted all its labels and safety data sheets to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
Panreac adapted all its labels and safety data sheets to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
The most significant changes to the new labels are: the orange pictograms are now white with a red frame, the risk phrases (R) become danger statements (H phrases), the safety phrases (R) become precautionary statements (P phrases) and the warning word that accompanied the pictogram disappears, now the signal word "Warning" or "Danger" goes before the H and P phrases.
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The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals is intended to standardize the many classification and labelling systems in use around the world. The harmonised criteria make it possible to classify chemical substances according to how dangerous they are and to label them using standardized danger statements and pictograms.
The decision to create the GHS was taken at the United Nations Conference in 1992. After a great deal of technical work agreeing on the harmonized criteria, the GHS was published in 2002. The European Union adapted the GHS to the new Regulation (EC) no. 1272/2008 (CLP - Classification Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures), which abolished Directive 67/548/EEC. The period allowed for adapting to this new regulation ended on 1 December. In recent months, all manufacturers and importers of chemical substances classified as dangerous have had to adapt their labels and safety sheets to the CLP regulation.
Panreac Química, a leader in the chemical reagents and fine chemicals sector, has adapted to this system, and has also made the Chemical Laboratories Safety Poster available to you, with an explanation of the new pictograms. This is an essential tool in all laboratories.
You can find more information about GHS on our web page (http://www.panreac.es/en/customer-service/regulatory-support).
