New requirements for updating safety data sheets

Should Mediator create your safety data sheets?

As a supplier of chemical products, you are responsible for preparing safety data sheets.
As an employer, you are responsible for ensuring that employees always have access to relevant, updated safety data sheets.
Our specially trained consultants help both with preparing safety data sheets and with updating them in accordance with the latest legislation.
It is the REACH regulation, the EU's chemicals legislation, that determines whether a product must have an SDS. We have extensive experience in navigating
in legislation and prepares SDS in many languages ​​adapted to the specific national legislation.

At Mediator, we have a highly competent team of specially trained consultants to help you prepare your safety data sheets and have them updated in accordance with the latest legislation.
You should be aware that new legislation in this area is constantly being introduced.

If you find it difficult to keep up with the latest legislation and need help preparing your safety data sheets, then working with Mediator A/S is definitely relevant for you. We can make a maintenance agreement for your safety data sheets. If you sell your products in other countries, we can also prepare your safety data sheets in almost any language.

If you are in doubt whether your safety data sheets (MSDS) comply with applicable legislation, you are welcome to contact us.

What is a safety data sheet?

A safety data sheet (SDS or MSDS) describes the significance of a chemical substance or product for humans and the environment. In this way, the safety data sheet should enable the user of the chemical substance or product to take the necessary precautions to ensure health and safety in the workplace.

Safety data sheets are required for all classified substances and labelled products sold to industry. In addition, a safety data sheet may be required for unlabelled products. If you are in doubt, please contact contact us.

REACH

A safety data sheet must be provided. REACH provide information about the properties and hazards of the chemical substance. The safety data sheet must always be available in the national language of the country where the product is sold. The supplier of the product is responsible for preparing the safety data sheets. It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that employees have access to the relevant, updated safety data sheets.

Mediator prepares safety data sheets for many companies – either from scratch or by translating and/or updating existing safety data sheets. Many choose to enter into a maintenance agreement for their safety data sheets with Mediator. With a maintenance agreement, you are absolutely sure that your safety data sheets (SDS/MSDS) always comply with applicable legislation.

You can also choose to submit all your SDSs so that we can help you quality assure that they comply with applicable legislation.

 

What should you pay attention to when preparing safety data sheets?

The REACH regulation sets the framework for which chemical substances and products must have a safety data sheet. This concerns chemical substances and products that:

• Meets the criteria for classification as hazardous chemicals according to the rules set by the Ministry of Environment and Energy on classification or CLP-regulations persistent (degrades slowly in nature), bioaccumulative (accumulates in living organisms) and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative according to the criteria in Annex XIII of the REACH Regulation
• Is included in the candidate list prepared by ECHA (Annex XIV of REACH-regulation).

• Contains 1% of a substance hazardous to health or the environment (for gaseous substances 0,2%)

• Contains 0,1% of a persistent, bioaccumulative or toxic substance or a very persistent and very bioaccumulative substance, or if it is listed in Annex 14 of REACH

• Is a substance with an EC limit value marked with an E in  Executive Order 1054 of 58/6 2022.

In 2015, it was decided that safety data sheets should also be prepared for materials containing ≥ 0,1% allergenic substances, or ≥ 0,1% Carc3 substances or substances classified as repro-tox in a concentration ≥ 0,1%.

In addition, there is a national requirement for 16-point safety data sheets for substances that have a Danish limit value:

• Substances and materials that are included with a limit value in The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Executive order on limit values ​​for air pollution by substances and materials.
• Materials that contain 1% or more (for gaseous materials 0,2%) of a substance listed with a limit value in the Danish Working Environment Authority's executive order on limit values ​​for air pollution with substances and materials.

Important points when preparing a safety data sheet

A safety data sheet is made up of 16 items, which together provide information about the health and environmental significance of the substance or product.

A safety data sheet must be in the national language, clearly worded and concise.
If there are non-Danish-speaking employees in the workplace, the employer must ensure that the safety data sheets are translated and communicated to these employees.
As mentioned, Mediator helps you with both the preparation of a safety data sheet and/or the translation of a safety data sheet.

Maintenance of safety data sheets

Mediator has a maintenance agreement with several of our customers. With a maintenance agreement with Mediator, you ensure that your safety data sheets always comply with applicable legislation. Mediator takes over the obligation for you to update your safety data sheets on an ongoing basis. This proves to be a very good solution in the vast majority of cases.

Should we talk more about your safety data sheets and, in particular, their maintenance?

Security at your fingertips

With SDS∙Link, your updated safety data sheets are always at your fingertips.
Updating safety data sheets in all your systems is both time-consuming and extensive. With SDS∙Link you are assured of automatically updated safety data sheets 24/7 via a link – e.g. on your website or intranet. It is easy, time-saving and always at hand – no matter where the customer or employee is.

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At Mediator we have experienced advisors who have worked in the field for several years. You are welcome to contact Mediator – info@mediator.as – tel. 75540824. We are ready to help you with your questions.