South Africa adopts GHS in industrial sector

摘要

South Africa has published its Regulation for Hazardous Chemical Agents, which adopts a modified version of the UN's Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labelling of chemicals in the country's industrial sector. The regulation, published on 29 March, is part of South Africa's umbrella legislation on worker safety, the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1995, which the government is in the process of updating. It requires manufacturers, importers and retailers to classify, label and provide a safety data sheet (SDS) in accordance with the GHS and the requirements outlined in the regulations. However, it does not require classification of some of the lesser hazardous classes and categories (see box).