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Previous by Date: Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] GHS labels for food stuffs used in labs Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:11:44 AM Author: "Osterby, Meg" <OsterbyM**At_Symbol_Here**WESTERNTC.EDU>

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Hi All- Hi Neal!,

Here's the solution to the GHS issues:

Look up the chemical(don't care what type-pesticide etc.) look it up find any old
MSDS. Go to Aldrich's site on GHS find the poster and pictogram page.
Link the pictograms to the old MSDS and make your own.

Cool trick: If you know all of your chems in a cabinet or building are the same,
placard the whole thing! OSHA is ok with this-call them and ask them-I work with
Utah OSHA consultation for my chemical company.

Hope this helps. If you want real compliance have your local OSHA consultation come
and do a site visit with training-usually it's free.

Happy Chemistry!

Cordially,

Sarge

L. Scott Williams, Quality Control Representative/Safety & Environmental Manager
Frontier Scientific, Inc.
Ph: 435-753-1901
Fx: 435-753-6731
www.frontiersci.com
Email: lscott**At_Symbol_Here**frontiersci.com
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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**med.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of George Walton [georgewalton**At_Symbol_Here**REACTIVES.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:25 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] GHS labels for food stuffs used in labs

I imagine there will be a lot of responses to this. One reading of 29 CFR 1910.1200 (b)(5) [This section does not require labeling of the following chemicals. . .] is that (1) FIFRA-regulated pesticides, (2) TSCA-regulated substances or mixtures, (3) food, food additive, etc , medical or veterinary device or product . . .Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or Virus-Serum-Toxin Act . . . Food and Drug Administration or the Department of Agriculture, [and more] is that all those items described in (b)(5) (i) through (b)(5)(vi) do not require labeling. However, if WI is an agreement state, it can promulgate additional regulations in the absence of a federal standard.

First, check with the ?OSHA? department in Wisconsin (Labor and Industry; Labor; etc.) ? have they published an addendum to or expanded 1910.1200?
Second, protect people. (Easier said than done.)
Third, look at the materials listed in 1910.1200 (b)(6) [This section does not apply to: . . . ] Again, there may be an addition under WI standards that would require labeling.
Fourth, are these ?hazardous chemicals? under the lab standard (1910.1450)?

All the above may be wrong but if you recognize the hazard and protect people from them, then you are doing rather well.

George C. Walton, CHMM
Reactives Management Corporation
1025 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757) 436-1033

From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**med.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Osterby, Meg
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:37 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] GHS labels for food stuffs used in labs

Hello all,

Our safety consultant has been told that in the State of WI, one needs to have SDS sheets and GHS labels for household products, whether food or not, that are used in chemical experiments. I?m hoping she?s wrong, since we analyze cattle feeds (soy, corn, alfalfa, and mixed grains) for our agribusiness students, hotdogs for our bioorganic students, as well as egg white, milk, etc. also for them, and a whole slew of foods, cleaners, and personal hygiene products, which we measure the pH of, for our general chemistry courses. According to the consultant, if we are using a product for other than its intended use, in a lab, we have to have it properly labelled, and have to have SDS?s.

I am aware that most colleges and universities in the US are exempt from many of the OSHA, and GHS provisions, but here in WI, the technical college system is governed by the DPI, ultimately, and their documents pertaining to these issues, state that all schools in WI, under the DPI, must follow federal OSHA and other chemical regulatory bodies rules. So, while my husband works at a State 4 year University, and has to do none of this, I?m at a Technical College, and have to.

I?m working on it this year, because the College is undergoing some renovations, that will make it impossible to do next year.

So, my question is this: If I?m supposed to properly label according to GHS, and have SDS sheets for everything I use in labs, how do I get them? I?m fairly sure you can?t look up an SDS or MSDS for Oscar Meyer beef franks, for instance, or for Gillette Men?s Gel Deodorant, or for 7-Up, so what do I do? Do I just make (relatively useless) labels saying they are harmless? If so, then what about measuring the pH of Cascade liquid, or The Works Toilet Bowl Cleaner? That?s proprietary, and they?re not going to want to give me the SDS, right? And yet, the Cascade is pH higher than 14, and the Works less than 0. And while soda pop (Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7-Up) can ruin a car finish, they are generally considered harmless.

I am definitely getting the idea of why this isn?t done by most states for their schools. This is really a difficult project I?m trying to get done.

Any helpful info the list can give me, would be appreciated. It is okay to respond to me directly.

Thanks much,
Meg
Meg Osterby
Lead Chemistry Instructor
Western Technical College
400 7th St. N.
LaCrosse, WI 54601
osterbym**At_Symbol_Here**westerntc.edu
608-789-4714

"It's better to be careful 100 times, than to be killed once."
Mark Twain

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