The Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling
of Chemicals (referred to as GHS) requires companies to start producing labels
with color icons. Based on my
understanding, most chemical companies will need to produce products with these
labels by the end of 2014; with all products labeled in the distribution system
by July 2015.
For
more information, you may consider reading my earlier post: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-h-is-ghs-opportunity.html.
At the
same time, chemical companies who ship material via marine, need to use labels
that meet the British Marine Standard BS5609 requirements. If interested, you may want to read this
earlier post: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/bs5609-is-no-bs.html
In the BS5609 tests, however, they do not consider the
impact of the chemicals. For my own curiosity,
I decided to test two types of labels that meet the BS5609 requirements with
four household chemicals: Alcohol,
Hydrogen Peroxide, Chlorine Beach and Acetone (Nail Polish Remover). In this video, you’ll see the results.
Please remember; these tests were not scientific
studies. As stated in the video, these
tests show only the need for each chemical company to test how their compounds effect their new GHS labels.
If you need assistance in setting up a solution to print GHS
labels, contact Color Label Solutions.
Guy Mikel
855-962-7670
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