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Thursday, January 17, 2013

WHMIS compliance for DuPont Teflon


This information and regulation applies only to Canadian Customers. A note to US Customers: This does not effect your labeling and your products will not have the following labeling.

In order to be compliant with the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), we will now be labeling our fluoropolymer containers.  Currently, there is a hazard label on the shipping box, but from now on there will be a hazard label placed on the product's container

DuPont has identified the following fluoropolymers as needing labeling in order to comply with WHMIS regulation: 

420 - 104 
459N-1110
850G-204
855N-021
858N-100
958G-414
420-106
459N-21100
850G-314
856G-200
858N-917
959-203
420-109
459N-41105
850G-321
856G-204
954-100
959-205
420-129
532-1003
850N-314
856N-200
954-103
959G-203
420-703
532-6118
850N-321
856N-204
954-203
959G-205
420-713
532-6200
851G-214
857G-018
954G-300
TN-8595
420G-102
532-6314
851G-224
857G-030
954G-303
TN-8718
420G-104
532-6405
851G-255
857G-040
954G-304
TN-8748
420G-106
532-8000
851N-204
857G-100
958-203
MJ-506
420G-109
532-8110
851N-214
857G-135
958-207
420G-129
532-13054
851N-224
857G-140
958-303
420G-703
532G-1003
851N-255
857G-230
958-406
420G-713
532G-8110
852G-201
857G-240
958-414
455N-1120
532G-13054
852G-202
857N-018
958G-203
456N-21200
532G-42511
852N-201
857N-210
958G-204
456N-41250
699N-129
852N-202
858G-210
958G-303
456N-41350
850-7799
855G-021
858G-917
958G-406

Product not WHMIS regulated: 532 - 5010, 532 - 5011, 532 - 5310, 532 - 6210, 532 - 6310, 532 - 6410, 532 - 7000, 532 - 7410, 532 -13032, 532G - 5010, 532G - 5011, 532G - 5310, 532G - 7000, 532G - 7410, and 532G -13032 





This is a sample of the label. The labels are in both English and French translation.  The labels will explain if the product is flammable, danger of inhalation, corrosive, or toxic or any combination of the these.


  
If you have any of these products in stock, we would like to send you the appropriate label in order to make your shop compliant with WHMIS.  Please email Chris Lord with the product and how many containers you currently have in stock and we will send you the labels.

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