Guidance Documents Relating to WHMIS Supplier Requirements
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Guidance Documents - Overview:
This page provides a listing of selected guidance documents relating to the WHMIS requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and associated Controlled Products Regulations including the WHMIS trade secret mechanism established under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act. Additional related publications and references are listed on the relevant main pages of this site; i.e., under "CLASSIFICATION", "LABELs" and "MSDSs".
Guidance Documents:
Application / General Requirements
Acts and Regulations
- are established under provincial, territorial and federal occupational
safety and health legislation and regulations
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Act,
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations;
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Act Appeal Board
Procedures Regulations
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Classification related publications
Acute Oral Toxicity - OECD Fixed Dose Method
Professional Judgement, Use of in Classification
Label related documents
Other than what is provided in the Health Canada WHMIS Reference
Manual, no publications dedicated specifically to WHMIS supplier
labelling requirements have been issued to date.
MSDS related documents
Trade Secret related documents
Information
Bulletin No.1, Approaches to developing a generic chemical
identity for a CBI controlled product or ingredient
Information
Bulletin No.2, Responses to frequently-asked questions,
including claim withdrawals, change in product ownership and its
impact on claims for exemption ..., and the nature of the bibliography
required by Paragraph 8(1)(h) of the Hazardous Materials Information
Review Regulations
Information
Bulletin No. 3, Expiration of a 3-year trade secret exemption
and reapplying for a trade secret exemption
Information
Bulletin No. 4, Background information, security measures,
procedures for filing claims, and common questions and answers
Posters (pdf format)
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