PICTOGRAM AND SIGNAL WORD
PICTOGRAM AND SIGNAL WORD
Most common non-compliances
- One or more of the pictograms for the product hazard classes on the label is missing.
- Except for size, one or more of the pictograms is not an exact reproduction of the pictogram as shown in Schedule 3 of the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR).
- A Transportation of Dangerous Goods pictogram is used on a hazardous product label instead of a pictogram from the HPR.
- The pictogram on the label is based on the repealed Controlled Products Regulations hazard symbols instead of the HPR that is currently in force.
- The appropriate signal word is missing.
- Signal words are repeated on the label.
Tips
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Pictograms
The appropriate pictogram(s) for the hazard classification of the product must appear on the label. -
Except for size, the pictogram must be an exact reproduction of the pictogram set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 of the Hazardous Product Regulations (HPR).
- All pictograms set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 of the HPR, except the biohazardous infectious materials (BIM) pictogram, consist of a black symbol against a white background within a red border in the shape of a square set on one point.
- The BIM pictogram consists of a black biohazard symbol against a white background within a round black border.
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Signal Word
When a hazardous product is classified in more than one category or sub-category of a hazard class or in more than one hazard class, the same signal word, “Danger” or “Warning”, is not required to be repeated. It only needs to appear once on the label and once on the SDS. - In cases where there is a need to provide both signal words “Danger” and “Warning”, then the signal word “Warning” may be omitted.
- Additional tips can be found in the Technical Guidance on the Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and the Hazardous Products Regulations.
Date page last modified:
2024-04-12