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Documents & Reports, Properties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Limit GHS labelling on final product

Suitability – Limit GHS labelling on final product How do I add suitability constraints which limit GHS Labelling on the final product? Suitability Constraints are compliance rules which are applied when you perform a Suitability Check. They are usually used to check compliance to regulatory and customer specific rules on final product labelling and ingredient use /non-use. CLP is the EU version of GHS, so setup follows the same principles. Suitability Constraints are added in ‘Manag...

Items, Properties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability – Limit or ban ingredients based on property or hazard

How do I use suitability constraints to limit or ban ingredients based on their hazard or property? ‘Regulatory Item Property Limit’ allows you to target a property of an item, often a hazard, and limit it to a level or ban it altogether. These kinds of restrictions are typically customer requests. People often use this type of constraint to ban or limit raw materials with any CMR hazards, or to limit skin sensitisers. You can also limit based on other properties, e.g. Prop 65 or foo...

Documents & Reports, Items, Parties, Properties, Suitability 20/07/2023

Suitability Check in Find Matching Items

Suitability Check in Find Matching Items In Find Matching Items you have the option to include a Suitability Check as part of your search. This option is found in the ‘Library Details’ group. To access this group, you will need to click the double arrow ‘Expand’ button. Once the option is selected you are given the option to specify the Party, Application, Dosage and TO. First the system will find items matching the search criteria, then they will be checked against any s...

Properties 20/07/2023

Turning off a Property

Process for turning off a Property Many properties are calculated based on composition data. Occasionally the result of the calculated property is not what you want. For example, an essential oil may have a test result for environmental hazards which is different to the calculated result. Another example is if your formulation contains acids and bases and the calculated result leads to skin corrosion hazard but you know neutralistion has occurred. In this type of scenario, you may want to ‘...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

Rules for Precautionary Statements for products under CLP

What are the rules for selecting precautionary statements for a consumer product under CLP? Precautionary statements are tricky. The key thing is the precautions should be targeted at the user, for the specific product taking into account the hazards. The CLP definition is: ‘Precautionary statement’ means a phrase that describes recommended measure(s) to minimise or prevent adverse effects resulting from exposure to a hazardous substance or mixture due to its use or disposal; For exa...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 20/07/2023

SDS Print Errors

SDS Print Errors These are common error message that appear whilst attempting to print Safety Data Sheets “CLPANN2SDSVALID is false” This occurs if a Flash Point and/or Recommended Use have not been entered for the focus item. In ‘Modify a Formulation’ or ‘Modify a Raw Material’ go to the Properties tab and use group ‘Physical Data’ to enter a temperature value for Flash Point and use group ‘Recommended Uses’ to add a Recommended Use. P...

Documents & Reports, Items, PCN, Properties 20/07/2023

Showing the UFI on the CLP Safety Data Sheet

Showing the UFI on the CLP Safety Data Sheet Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) can be shown on the CLP Safety Data Sheet and CLP Safety Data Sheet Banded. This will show in Section 1.1 and section 2.2 of the CLP Safety Data Sheet. Process to show UFI in Section 1.1 Go to Modify a Formulation, enter your formulation In Properties, add the Property UFI under Property Group CLP Hazards and add your UFI as the value Process to show UFI in Section 2.2 Go to Modify a Formulation, enter your formulation...

Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Specific Concentration Limits

Adding a CLP Specific Concentration Limit (SCL) to a Raw Material In the example shown there are Specific Concentration Limits (SCL’s) for skin and eye corrosion. Here are the general instructions about adding SCL’s for Acetic Acid The SCL’s are added to the properties which have ‘=’ at the end (the = properties relate to calculations). In the example of Acetic Acid the CLP Annex VI Harmonised Annex VI (1272/2008/EC) shows a classification of SCI 1A and related SCL&...

Projects & Tasks, Properties 20/07/2023

Project Properties

Project Properties Project Properties reflect attributes of projects and tasks which you define. For example, you can add properties for Sales Price and Annual Sales Volume. Then you can include these properties in Project Templates and Task Types. Once you have defined your process navigate to Add a New Project Property to add the relevant properties. Add a Code – this must be unique Add a Name – the property name will appear in projects and tasks. Ideally it should describe the req...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

Proper Shipping Name (PSN)

How do Proper Shipping Names (PSN) for raw materials work? PSNs for formulations are calculated, but PSN’s for Raw Materials are manual. Raw Material PSNs can be very specific but can also be quite general. You can edit the PSN in the Regulatory Summary property group under ‘Proper Shipping Name’. Last updated Apr 2016...