Translating Safety Data Sheets
Translation of Safety Data Sheets
The SDS factory ensures that you can supply dangerous products without any problems. We provide the correct Safety Data Sheets (SDS, MSDS).
You supply dangerous/chemical products and your work is not limited to national borders. Even then, we provide the correct safety data sheets, considering that other languages are spoken and other national laws and regulations apply.
We ensure that the SDS prepared is translated into the desired language. If the SDS was not prepared by us, we check the SDS currently in use for quality and completeness. After this quality check, the safety data sheets are authored in the desired language and checked against the national laws and regulations in that country.
Our approach
1. Quotation
If desired, with a confidentiality agreement and trial SDS*.
2. Inventory of your wishes
Including company layout and specific product properties.
3. Preparation of concept SDS
Based on the information received, an SDS is prepared that complies with the applicable laws and regulations, including argumentation of classification and content.
4. Review of concept SDS
In consultation, the SDS is adjusted until it meets the company's requirements while complying with applicable laws and regulations.
5. Final version of SDS
After approval of the concept SDS, the final version is prepared, checked, and sent to the customer.
6. Update service
We offer an update service to ensure that the safety data sheet is always up-to-date and complies with applicable laws and regulations.
More about Safety Data Sheets
UPDATING SAFETY DATA SHEETS
Safety data sheets are valid as long as the information they contain is correct and complete. The REACH legislation, in which the requirements for the SDS are determined, says in art 31 paragraph 9: “Suppliers shall update the safety data sheet without delay on the following occasions:
- as soon as new information which may affect the risk management measures, or new information on hazards becomes available;
- once an authorisation has been granted or refused;
- once a restriction has been imposed.”
This means that you have to continuously check and update your SDSs. We therefore recommend a fixed review period of 1x per year or 1x per 2 years, depending on the type of products. If you combine a fixed review period with good planning (such as with our SDS subscription), you keep in touch with changes in legislation and regulations and you can spread work and costs well.
The REACH legislation, in which the requirements for the SDS are determined, says in art 31 paragraph 9: “The new, dated version of the information, identified as "Revision: (date)", shall be provided free of charge on paper or electronically to all former recipients to whom they have supplied the substance or preparation within the preceding 12 months.”
Yes, this also applies if the product is no longer supplied. Anyone who has received the substance or mixture in the last 12 months before the update is entitled to the revised SDS.
Yes, changes to the SDS during an update must be stated in Section 16 (unless stated elsewhere).
NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SDS
New SDSs must meet the new requirements from 1-1-2021. For existing SDSs, there is a transition period until December 2022. Starting January 1, 2023, all SDSs must comply with the new requirements. If an update takes place after 1-1-2021, e.g. addition of a UFI-code, the SDS must also be updated to the new requirements.
It is not mandatory to state the UFI on the SDS unless it concerns a product that does not have packaging.
In our opinion, it is advisable to state the UFI on the SDS. This ensures that the correct SDS can always be linked to the correct UFI/formulation. If the UFI is mentioned on the SDS, it will be listed in Section 1.1.