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Changes in New Zealand SDS

Posted Date:2021/10/22

New Zealand Environmental Protection Agency EPA notice on hazardous substances

New Zealand has an EPA notice on hazardous substances, which was issued as early as the end of 2017 and will be implemented on December 1, 2017. There will be a buffer period of 4 years for those who have followed the old standard notice before, during this buffer period. The SDS, labels and packaging of manufacturers, importers, and distributors must comply with the new standard notification.

Old standard:

HSNO Act 2001 (HSNO series standards 2001)

new standard:

HSNO Act 2017 (HSNO series standards 2017)

Next, briefly describe the changes in the new and old standards

SDS (Safety Data Sheet): Hazardous Substances (Classification) Notice 2017

a. The SDS template newly stipulated in the notice is 16 major items. Regardless of the previous major standards, they will be invalidated. Manufacturers, importers, and distributors will have a four-year buffer period for revision.

b. The HSNO or GHS classification must be in the second part of the safety data sheet, as well as the GHS signal word, hazard and precautionary statements, and waste disposal must be reflected in the second part of the SDS. If there is a classification unique to New Zealand, it must also be reflected in Part 2.

The notice also contains detailed information about the specific information required for certain parts of the safety data sheet, as detailed in the standard.

Label: Hazardous Substances (Labelling) Notice 2017

a. The change notice redefines the label specification, which is based on the label template of UN GHS in accordance with the labeling requirements of other domestic laws and regulations.

b. Since December 1, 2017, the notification standard requires GHS pictograms, signal words, danger and precautionary statements on the label.

The notice also contains detailed information about the specific information required for certain parts of the label, as detailed in the standard.

Classification: Hazardous Substances (Classification) Notice 2017

There is no difference between the conventional classification and the 2001 version. The 2001 version] [Regulations are revised based on the third edition of GHS, while the 2017 version is combined with the 4th, 5th, and 6th revised editions of UN GHS. The categories have been increased, and the threshold concentration of other classifications has been added. Nothing has changed. See the standard for details.