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Jon-P  
#1 Posted : 29 June 2010 11:45:15(UTC)
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Jon-P

What is required in this scenario:- We have our stores man dilute (wearing appropriate PPE) a cleaning product concentrate into plain spray bottle containers. The chemicals are for cleaning purposes – window cleaners, surface cleaners etc. Historically they have used a permanent marker (sometimes smudges / fades) on the bottles but no COSHH markings are displayed. What’s required in terms of labelling etc?
Ron Hunter  
#2 Posted : 29 June 2010 12:08:59(UTC)
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Ron Hunter

Contact the buk supplier - they may be able to provide you with adhesive labels (at a price) with the same info as the bigger container. My own organisation has had success with this approach.
leadbelly  
#3 Posted : 29 June 2010 12:18:01(UTC)
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leadbelly

Jon I assume you mean CHIP labels; are the diluted products classifiable under CHIP? LB
Jon-P  
#4 Posted : 29 June 2010 12:30:11(UTC)
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Jon-P

My mistake - yes, under CHIP. We buy large containers of cleaning liquid from a responsible manufacture that supply us with – data sheets etc but we dilute and the place liquids in smaller plain bottles which are used around different sites with no markings - only pen. Would I be correct in saying :- If the original container has a “harmful” marking on the container then should be putting a recognised symbol on the smaller plain bottles?
m  
#5 Posted : 29 June 2010 12:42:02(UTC)
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m

The type of label shouild be dictated by the COSHH assessment; harmful may be appropriate for liquid but you are supplying it for spray purposes. Either way use the new GHS labels as a way to introduce the new system to your team. You could put the old label alongside for the transition until 2015
leadbelly  
#6 Posted : 29 June 2010 12:44:20(UTC)
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leadbelly

Jon Not necessarily; that's why I asked if the diluted products are classifiable. If, as a result of the dilution, the ingredient concentrations are below the limits which give rise to the classification of the concentrate, then labelling may not be required. However, dilution can just result in a change of classification; for example, a concentrated acid will be classified as corrosive but, below a certain concentration, the classification will change to irritant and, at an even lower concentration, no classification may be required. Can your supplier help with classification of the diluted products? LB
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