Globally Harmonized System of Classifying Chemicals

Rosalee B. Fajilan
Senior Industrial Hygienist, Occupational Safety and Health Center

Introduction
The production and use of chemicals is fundamental in the economic development of all countries and, at the same time, it may pose a risk to the health and well-being of all people and the environment if not managed in a responsible manner.

History of GHS
In 1989-90, ILO developed and adopted a convention and recommendation on Safe Use of Chemicals at Work. These instruments require countries to adopt a system for hazard classification and labeling.

History (cont.)
In 1992, United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) took place in Brazil, often called the Earth Summit Established 6 programme areas in Chapter 19, Agenda 21, to strengthen national and international efforts related to the environmentally sound management of chemicals.

Chapter 19, Agenda 21 Programme Areas

Risk assessment Harmonization of classification and labelling of chemicals (Creation of GHS) Information exchange Risk reduction programmes Strengthening of national chemical management capabilities and capacities Prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous products

International Mandate
A globally-harmonized hazard classification and compatible labeling system, including material safety data sheets and easily understandable symbols, should be available, if feasible, by the year 2000.

Developed in Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) which took place in 1992 in Brazil.

GHS Implementation
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) & the Intergovernmental Forum for Chemical Safety (IFCS) have encouraged countries to implement the new GHS as soon as possible with a view to having the system fully operational by 2008

International organization responsibilities

International Labor Organization (ILO): Secretariat for the Coordinating Group and the hazard communication work group Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Secretariat for health and environmental hazard criteria, including mixtures United Nations Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Secretariat for physical hazard criteria

Who is responsible?
Internationally, the UN Subcommittee of Experts on the GHS is responsible for the maintenance, updating and promotion of the GHS: Over 30 countries have jointed the Subcommitte Observer countries and stakeholders also participate

What is GHS?
an international standard for chemical classification and hazard communication basis for establishing comprehensive national chemical safety program comprehensive approach to defining and classifying hazards and communicating information on labels and safety data sheets

Why GHS?
Countries with systems have different requirements for hazard definitions as well as information to be included on a label or safety data sheet. These differences impact both on protection and trade.

Why GHS? (cont.)

In the area of protection, users in countries that dont have specific requirements may see different label warnings or data sheet information for the same chemical. In the area of trade, the need to comply with multiple regulations regarding hazard classification and labeling is costly and timeconsuming.

Examples of Differences
Australia - Harmful India - Non-toxic Japan - Toxic
Acute oral LD50 = 257 mg/kg

Malaysia - Harmful Thailand - Harmful China - Harmful New Zealand - Hazardous

Note: LD50 = Lethal Dosage that kills 50% of the total test population

Korea - Toxic

Benefits of GHS
Countries, international organizations, chemical producers and users of chemicals will all benefit.

Provides a chemical classification and labelling system that is updated and maintained internationally Enhance protection of humans and environment. Facilitate international trade in chemicals.

Benefits of GHS (cont.)

Countries, international organizations, chemical producers and users of chemicals will all benefit.

Reduce need for testing and evaluation. Assist countries and international organizations to ensure the sound management of chemicals. Increases efficiencies; reduces costs of compliance with hazard communication regulations; lowers health care costs, etc.

What chemicals are covered?

Covers ALL hazardous pure substances, dilute solutions and mixtures. Pharmaceuticals, food additives, cosmetics and pesticide residues in food will not be covered, but will be covered where workers may be exposed and in transport.

Scope and Application

Does not include establishment of uniform test methods or promotion of further testing to address adverse health outcomes GHS Hazard labeling will not cover food for human intake or ingestion or intentional application to animals and products such as human or veterinary pharmaceuticals Not intended to harmonize risk assessment procedures or risk management decisions

Who is responsible for implementing?

The type of international legal instrument the GHS is considered to be is a non-mandatory recommendation The GHS provisions become mandatory in countries or regions that adopt the GHS Overseeing national or regional implementation is the responsibility of the competent authorities that adopt the GHS provisions. There is no international body that monitors implementation for compliance

Sectors affected by the GHS

Industrial workplace: Workers are a key sector to be considered. Chemicals are often present in all types of workplaces, from manufacturing facilities to construction, retail services to health care. Agriculture (pesticides): Involves both workplace and consumer exposures, and is often regulated separately by countries.

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Sectors, cont.
Transport (emergency response): Another subset of occupational exposures that is often regulated separately. Involves many provisions beyond classification and labelling (e.g., packaging). These are addressed in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Also impacts public exposures. Consumer Products (public): Involves products sold to the general public, and exposures of vulnerable populations (e.g., children).

GHS Classification

GHS Elements
Hazard Classification Physical Health & Environmental Hazard Communication Labeling Safety Data Sheets

GHS Classification:
Physical Hazards
Explosives Flammable gases Flammable aerosols Oxidizing gases Gases under pressure Flammable liquids Flammable solids Self-reactive substances Pyrophoric liquids Pyrophoric solids Self-heating substances Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases Oxidizing liquids Oxidizing solids Organic peroxides Corrosive to metals

Physical Hazards
Hazard Class
Explosives Flammable Gases (including chemically unstable gases) Aerosols Oxidising Gases Gases Under Pressure Compressed Gases Liquefied Gases Refrigerated Liquefied Gases Dissolved Gases Flammable Liquids Flammable Solids Self-reactive Substances Pyrophoric Liquids Pyrophoric Solids Self-heating Substances and Mixtures Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases Oxidising Liquids Oxidising Solids Organic Peroxides Corrosive to Metals
Unstable Explosives

Hazard Category
Div 1.1 1A 2 1B 3 Div 1.2 2 Div 1.3 2A Div 1.4 2B Div 1.5 Div 1.6

1 1 1 1

1 1 Type A 1 1 1 1 1 1 Type A 1

2 2 Type B

3 Type C

4 Type D Type E Type F Type G

2 2 2 2 Type B 3 3 3 Type C

Type D

Type E

Type F

Type G

GHS Classification:
Health & Environmental Hazards
Acute Toxicity Skin Corrosion / Irritation Serious Eye Damage / Eye Irritation Respiratory of Skin Sensitization Germ Cell Mutagenecity Carcinogenicity Reproductive Toxicity Target Organ Systemic Toxicity (Single Repeated Dose) Hazardous to the Aquatic Environment Hazardous to the Ozone Layer

Health Hazards
Hazard Class
Acute Toxicity

Hazard Category 1 2 3 4 5

Acute Toxicity: Oral Acute Toxicity: Dermal Acute Toxicity: Inhalation Skin Corrosion/Irritation

1A

1B

1C

1
Serious Eye Damage/Eye Irritation Respiratory or Skin Sensitisation Germ Cell Mutagenicity Carcinogenicity Reproductive Toxicity - Fertility

2A

2B

1 1A 1A 1A

1A 1B 1B 1B

1B 2 2 2 Lactation

1
Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Single Exposure

1
Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Repeated Exposure Aspiration hazard

Environmental Hazards

Hazard Class

Hazard Category

Aquatic toxicity, acute

1 1 1

2 2

3 3 4

Aquatic toxicity, chronic

Hazardous to the ozone layer

GHS
Hazard Communication

What is harmonised?
Labels

Safety Data Sheets

Labels Currently in Use

United Nations Recommendations on Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNRTDG)

Labels Currently In Use

Fire Hazard (Red) Flash Points 4 - Below 73 F 3 - Below 100 F 2 - Below 200 F 1 - Above 200 F 0 - Will not burn Health Hazard (Blue) 4 - Deadly 3 - Extreme Danger 2 - Hazardous 1 - Slightly Hazardous 0 - Normal Material Specific Hazard (White) Oxidizer ---- OXY Acid ---- ACID Alkalai ---- ALK Corrosive ---- COR Radiation Hazard ---Use No Water ---Polymerizes --- P No special hazard ---Reactivity (Yellow) 4 - May Detonate 3 - Shock and Heat May Detonate 2 - Violent Chemical Change 1 - Unstable if Heated 0 - Stable

National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)

Labels Currently In Use

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Labels Currently In Use

Class A Class B

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMS) Class C Class D

Compressed Gas

Flammable & Combustible Material

Oxidizing Material

Class D

Class D

Class E

1. Materials Causing Immediate & Serious Toxic Effects

Class F

2. Materials Causing Other Serious Toxic Effects

3. Biohazardous Infectious Materials

Corrosive Material

Dangerously Reactive Material

Labels Currently In Use

Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS) / Hazardous Materials Identification Guide (HMIG)

A world without GHS

A world without GHS means

Canada Japan

EU

China

U.S.A.

Flammability Symbols
South Africa

Malaysia

Australia

SYMBOLS
US WORKPLACE CANADA CONSUMER EU CONSUMER WORKPLACE MALAYSIA and HONG KONG THAILAND

EU WORKPLACE

TAIWAN CHINA

CANADA WORKPLACE

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

Standardized Label Elements

Harmonised label elements: Symbol/pictogram Signal word Hazard statement(s) Other core information to be provided Product identifier Supplier identification Precautionary statement(s)

Allocation of label elements

Product Identifier Identity of Hazardous Ingredients

Pictogram (Symbol in Red Frame)

Signal Word (Warning) Hazard Statement(s) (Harmful if inhaled) Precautionary Statement(s) (Use only outdoors or in a wellventilated area)

Name and Address of Company Phone Number

Shape of Hazard Pictograms

Square on corner:
Border: red

Background: white Symbol: black

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GHS Pictograms and Hazard Classes

Flame
Flammables Self Reactives Pyrophorics Self Heating

Flame over Circle

Oxidizers Organic Peroxides

Exploding Bomb
Explosives Self Reactives Organic Peroxides

Corrosion

Gas Cylinder
* Gases under Pressure

Skull and Crossbones

* Acute toxicity (severe)

Exclamation Mark
Irritant Dermal Sensitizer Acute toxicity (harmful)

Environment
* Environmental Toxicity

Chronic Health Hazard

*Carcinogen *Respiratory Toxicity *Reproductive Toxicity *Target Organ Toxicity *Mutagenecity

Signal words
Signal words serve two purposes in the GHS: Get the attention of the label reader Indicate the severity of the hazard There are two signal words in the GHS Danger Warning

Hazard statements
Describe the hazards covered by the GHS Indicate the degree of severity of the hazard Text of the statements has been harmonised Harmonised statements are assigned to each hazard class and category, and have been codified (a numbering system has been applied to them for ease of reference) Example: H318 Causes serious eye damage.

Other required information

Precautionary statements are required. The GHS includes possible statements, but they have not yet been harmonised There are 5 types of statements: General, Prevention, Response, Storage, and Disposal These have been assigned to hazard classes and categories, and codified (numbered). Example: P280 Wear eye protection/face protection.

Precautionary pictograms
Some systems may choose to illustrate precautionary information using pictograms. These are not harmonised in the GHS.

Product and supplier identification

Chemical identity required for substances For mixtures either: All the ingredients contributing to the hazard of the mixture/alloy, or All the ingredients contributing to any health hazards presented by the product other than irritation and aspiration Supplier identification required on all labels, including name, address, and phone number

Other label provisions

Supplementary information may also be required or permitted by competent authorities to provide other items such as directions for use Competent authorities should also specify how often labels are to be updated

GHS Label
ToxiFlam (Contains: XYZ) Danger Toxic if Swallowed, Flammable Liquid and Vapor Do not eat, drink or use tobacco when using this product. Wash hands thoroughly after handling. Keep container tightly closed. Keep away from heat/sparks/open flame. No smoking. Wear protective gloves and eye/face protection. Ground container and receiving equipment. Use explosion-proof electrical equipment. Take precautionary measures against static discharge. Use only non-sparking tools. Store in cool/well-ventilated place. IF SWALLOWED: Immediately call a POISON CONTROL CENTER or doctor/physician. Rinse mouth. In case of fire, use water fog, dry chemical, CO2, or alcohol foam. See Material Safety Data Sheet for further details regarding safe use of this product MyCompany, MyStreet, MyTown, NJ 00000, Tel: 444 999 9999

Combination GHS/transport label

ToxiFlam
Contains XYZ FLAMMABLE LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S. UN 1992

Danger Toxic if Swallowed Highly Flammable Liquid and Vapour

Do not eat, drink, or use tobacco when using this product. Wash hands thoroughly after handling. Wear protective gloves and eye/face protection. Keep container tightly closed. Keep away from heat, sparks and open flames. No smoking. Ground container and receiving equipment. Use explosionproof electrical equipment. Take precautionary measures against static discharge. Use only non-sparking tools. Store in cool/wellventilated place. IF SWALLOWED: Immediately call a Poison Control Center or physician. Rinse mouth. See Safety Data Sheet for further details regarding safe use of this product. ToxiFlam Manufacturing Company, Route 66, MyTown, TX 00000 Phone: 1 555 666 8888

Example Lable: Industrial Chemical

(ECHA Guidance on Labelling ,2011)

GHS Hazard Communication Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

What is CSDS/MSDS?
Chemical Safety Data Sheet/ Material Safety Data Sheet
- A summary of the important health, safety
and toxicological information on the chemical or the mixture ingredients.

Contents of CSDS/MSDS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Identification of the Chemicals Composition/Information on ingredients Hazards identification FirstFirst-aid measures Fire fighting measures Accidental release measures Handling and storage Exposure control and personal protection

Contents of CSDS/MSDS
9. Physical and chemical properties 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information

SINGAPORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16

CHINA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 MALAYSIA 2 1 12 3 2 3 4 4 9 56 5 3 78 6 4 7 5 9 10 8 6 11 12 9 7 13 14 10 8 15 16 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 JAPAN 13 THAILAND 14 1 15 2 16 AUSTRALIA 3 NEW ZEALAND 4 1 MEXICO 5 123 2 6 456 3 7 789 4 8 10 11 12

TAIWAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

KOREA

INDIA

INDONESIA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

MSDS

Safety Data Sheet

Primarily workplace use 16 heading format agreed Minimum additional information specified, where applicable or available, under the relevant headings

ISO - SDS FORMAT

1. Product and company information 2. Composition information on ingredients 3. Hazards identification 4. First aid measures 5. Fire fighting measures 6. Accidental release 7. Handling and storage 8. Exposure controls, personal protection 9. Physical, chemical properties 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information

GHS SDS FORMAT

1. Product and company information 2. Hazards identification 3. Composition information on ingredients 4. First aid measures 5. Fire fighting measures 6. Accidental release 7. Handling and storage 8. Exposure controls, personal protection 9. Physical, chemical properties 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information

GHS Document

Purple Book:
provides explanatory information on how to apply the system

 United Nations (UN) publication of the GHS Outlines the provisions in four parts: Introduction (scope, definitions, hazard communication) Classification criteria for physical hazards Classification criteria for health hazards Classification of environmental hazards

Annexes
1 Allocation of label elements 2 Classification and labelling summary tables 3 Codification of hazard statements, codification and use of precautionary staement, and examples of precautionary pictograms 4 Guidance on the preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) 5 Consumer product labelling based on the likelihood of injury

Annexes (cont.)
6 7 Comprehensibility testing methodology Examples of arrangements of the GHS label elements 8 An example of classification in the Globally Harmonized System 9 Guidance on hazards to the aquatic environment 10 Guidance on transformation/dissolution of metals and metal compounds in aqueous media

Purple Book

Part 2,3 and 4 Structure

Definition and general considerations Classification criteria
Substances Mixtures (Health and Environment)

Hazard Communication Decision Logic

GHS in the Philippines

Key Sectors for National GHS Implementation

National GHS Implementation Committee (BOI)
Cross-cutting issues comprehensibility testing legislation technical training awareness training

Agriculture (FPA)

Industrial Workplace (OSHC)

Transport (DOTC)

Consumer Products (BPS, DTI)

National GHS Implementation Strategy

National Implementation Structure

Governing Body: The National GHS Implementation Committee with representatives from:
Government (30 Agencies)

Industry
(6 Associations)

Civil Society (5 Public Interest & Labor Org.)

Board of Investments (BOI) Coordinating agency and co-chair of all sectoral committees.

Sectoral Committees of Phase 1 Project

Key Actor Agriculture Sector Government DA - FPA DOLE OSHC and DOTC DOLE-BWC DTIBPS and DOH-BFAD, now FDA
SPIK and
Chemical Industry Group (joined the GHS Committee during the drafting of the implementing legislation)

Industrial Workplace

Transport

Consumer Products

Industry

Crop Life Phils., Samahan sa Inc. Pilipinas ng mga Industriyang Kimika (SPIK)

Phil. International Seafreight Forwarders Assn. (PISFA) TUCP

Civil Society

Pesticide Action Network (PAN), Phils.

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)

Nationwide Association of Consumers, Inc. (NACI)

Components of the UNITAR GHS Phase I Project (conducted from 2006 to 2008)
Phase Activity/Sector Responsible Entity FPA BPS DOTC OSHC

AA. Situation and Gap Analysis Agriculture Consumer Products/Chemicals 3. Transport 4. Industrial Workplace/Products

B. Comprehensibility Testing

University of the Philippines National Engineering Center (UP-NEC)

Components of the UNITAR GHS Phase I Project (conducted from 2006 to 2008)
Phase
Activity/Sector A. National GHS Workshop B. Industry and Civil SocietyDirected Activities 1. Industry 2. Civil Society a. Agriculture b. Consumer Products c. Transport d. Industrial Workplace C. Preparation of Draft Legislation Responsible Entity BOI

SPIK PAN, Phils. NACI TUCP TUCP GHS Subcommittee and TWG on Legislation co-chaired by the BOI and the EMB BOI

National Review and Planning Workshop

Accomplishments and Milestones

The GHS National Implementation Plan or Strategy
A National Implementation Plan was developed during the National Review and Planning Workshop on 13 February 2008, indicating the activities to be undertaken, the agencies and organizations involved, means of implementation and timelines.

Preparation of GHS Legislation

A JOINT DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 01 Series of 2009, which mandates the revision of IRRs of existing laws of concerned agencies including that of emergency response was signed by eight (8) agencies involved in the implementation of GHS and became effective on 15 July 2009.

June 2002

Accomplishments and Milestones

The eight (8) agencies which signed the GHS JAO are the following: DTI (thru BOI, BPS and PEZA) DENR (thru EMB) DA (thru FPA) DOLE (thru OSHC and BWC) DOTC (thru Its Main Office, Maritime Industry and Authority & Philippine Ports Authority, etc.) - DOH (thru Food and Drugs Administration), - DILG (thru Bureau of Fire Protection), - DOF (thru Bureau Of Customs)
June 2002

GHS MAJOR MILESTONE IN 2010

BOI-UNITAR Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on:
Training and Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) in the Philippines Phase II Project
- Signed on 04 November 2011

Partners in the Implementation of the BOIBOI -UNITAR GHS Phase II Project

Aside from the eight (8) agencies which signed the GHS DAO and the members of the Sectoral Committees under the BOI-UNITAR GHS Phase I Project, the following are the organizations which are our partners in the implementation of the GHS Phase II Project:

- Integrated Chemists of the Philippines - Ateneo de Manila - Phil. Inst. of Pure and Applied Chemistry (PIPAC) - Phil. Society of Sanitary Engineers, Inc. (PSSEI) - National Poison Management and Control Center - Ecowaste Coalition

BOIBOI -UNITAR GHS Phase II Project Major Activities

Updating and further development of the National GHS Implementation Strategy and identification of linkages with implementation of other international chemicals agreements The Inception and Implementation Strategy Workshop was held at the Dusit Hotel on 01 February 2011 with a total of 50 participants from concerned government agencies. Completion and entry in to force of GHS implementing legislation

BOIBOI -UNITAR GHS Phase II Project Major Activities

Training, including stakeholder workshops, on GHS classification and hazard communication (labels and safety data sheets) and technical issues (150 to be trained by UNITAR GHS experts under the Train the Trainers Training, who in turn will train another 300, with emphasis on SMEs). The Train the Trainers Training, composed of Basic and Advanced GHS, was held at the Heritage Hotel on 12-16 September 2011.

Training by those who were trained by the UNITAR experts of 300 stakeholders, with emphasis on SMEs. 1st Batch 08 October 2012

BOIBOI -UNITAR GHS Phase II Project

Supporting activities for stakeholders, and outreach activities in order to improve the mainstreaming of GHS and sound chemicals management into the overall national development agenda Training and Awareness Raising Activities will be conducted by the following organizations from October to November 2012:
OSHC and BWC SPIK Integrated Chemists of the Phils. (ICP) Ecowaste Coalition National Assn. of Consumers (NACI)

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies

DA - FPA Since there is already an existing labeling for pesticides, the FPA is waiting for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) to harmonize their guidelines with GHS principles first before amending their existing classification and labeling guidelines for pesticides.
(Note: The WHO has published the WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification: 2009).
June 2002

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies

DENR - EMB
EMB has been continuing the promotion of GHS Basic Principles and awareness raising and capacity building through seminars and lectures. In coordination with the GHS Sub-Committee on Legislation, EMB has already prepared the draft DENR GHS DAO or the IRR for the GHS implementation of industrial chemicals. The draft DAO has already undergone several consultations and for signature of the DENR Secretary by December 2012. EMB has collaborated with SPIK on the preparation of GHS Guidance Document

June 2002

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies DENR EMB

A Plenary Session on the Draft DENR DAO and the Guidance Documents was held on 02 August 2012:
The following transition periods were also suggested: A. Three (3) years transition period for the implementation of: CCO Chemicals PCL Chemicals B. Two years after the aforesaid transition period, this Order shall take effect on the following : High Volume Toxic Chemicals C. A year after the two periods, the Order shall take effect on: Toxic Chemicals under the International Air Transport Assn. (IATA) and International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) lists.

June 2002

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies DOF - BOC

As soon as the BOC was provided a copy of the published GHS JAO, a Customs Memorandum Circular (CMC) was issued by the BOC to implement the provisions of GHS, with effectivity on 15 July 2009. However, since the implementing agencies have yet to issue their respective IRRs requiring the adoption of GHS, the BOC cannot yet implement its function with respect to the GHS, i.e., in monitoring the import and export of all kinds of chemical substances, mixtures and products in accordance with the GHS.

DOH - FDA
FDA, together with the DOH main office, has started working on the preparation of the IRR for consumer chemicals.
June 2002

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies

DOLE - BWC and OSHC
BWC has already prepared a draft of the IRR for GHS implementation in the workplace. For 2012, OSHC is continuing the training and information activities on GHS. Including the dissemination of posters and brochures on GHS.

DILG BFP
R.A. 9514, otherwise known as the Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, was approved on 18 December 2008. Its IRR was approved on 20 June 2009 and it took effect on 18 November 2009. It provides for the use of the placards, composed of four (4) diamonds forming one big diamond, which is not in accordance with the provisions of GHS. BFP will prepare an amendment to the IRR.

June 2002

Status of GHS Implementation by Concerned Agencies DOTC and its Attached Agencies
DOTC will implement GHS through the UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the major legal instruments regulating transport of dangerous goods, e.g., International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and International Civil Aviation Organization Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (ICAO TI). DOTC will prepare the IRR for land transport.

DTI BOI and BPS

Aside from BOI has conducted Training on Basic and Intermediate GHS for government personnel, in cooperation with SPIK. BPS needs to revive the Technical Committee for the preparation of label standards for chemicals.
June 2002

Other Strategies and Advocacy/Promotion Activities on GHS by the Government

Reproduction and distribution of IEC materials such as posters, brochures, chemical safety tips in government offices and industrial workplaces. Info campaign thru tri-media: Radio, TV and focus group discussions

June 2002

Awareness Raising & Capacity Building Activities Seminars/Workshops Conducted by JETRO/AOTS

Type/Title Year No. of Seminars Conducted 3 1 No. of Participants 162

Basic Training/ Seminar on GHS

Basic Workshop on GHS Intermediate Workshop on GHS Advanced Seminar/Workshop Instructors Training Course (in Tokyo, Japan)

2004 to 2005 (Manila, Phils.) 2009 (Tokyo, Japan) under the AOTS VINACHEM Training 2004 to 2005 (Manila, Phils.) 2004 to 2005 (Manila, Phils.) 2005 (Manila, Phils.) 2007 (Tokyo, Japan)

4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

162 41 18 2 8 2 4 4 2 5 3 4

2006 (Tokyo, Japan) 2007 (Tokyo, Japan) 2008 (Tokyo, Japan) GHS Practitioners Course 2008 (Tokyo, Japan) 2009 (Tokyo, Japan) GHS Practical Skills Course 2008 (Tokyo, Japan) 2010 (Tokyo, Japan) 2011 (Tokyo, Japan)

Brochure Prepared by SPIK

June 2002

Brochure Prepared by SPIK

June 2002

GHS Poster in Pilipino

June 2002

Thank You for your attention