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Classification, Documents & Reports, Items, Suitability 20/07/2023

Find Matching Items Tips

Tips on how to use Finding Matching Items Find Matching Items can be used to find pretty much anything! You can combine different criteria in the search, check suitability and print the results in a format you choose. A few tips to follow for some of the search areas: You can use ‘wild cards’ in the Name or Code to search for a closer match to what you require. Examples: “rose” means “rose”(in upper or lower case) anywhere “=rose” means begins with...

Administration, Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Delete document versions

Delete document versions Background: When documents are authored for items such as raw materials and formulations, they can be automatically updated based on changes to key information. A document update results in a new version of the document being authored. This can sometimes be unexpected and you may want to delete the latest version. How to delete unwanted document versions: If you have an unwanted document version for an item, you can delete the current version to remove it. You can contin...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Change IFRA Amendment Number

How to Change the IFRA Amendment number for IFRA Certificate Documents The fixed text of documents like IFRA Certificates can be changed using ‘Manage Document Content’. A brief guide follows, with more details available in the document for download. Go into Manage Document Content, enter some of the text which requires changing into the Content box and click Search. In the results select the row containing the text you want to change; press Edit. You are presented with the existing...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

Changing the Name and File name of a Document

Changing the Name and File name of a Document Within Formpak you can change the name of a Document and the file name when saving. For this example, a CLP Safety Data Sheet is being saved for Item FL-004. In View a Document Type, we can see that the Name of the Document is ‘CLP Safety Data Sheet’. The File Name Template field is blank, so the default file name will be the Document Type (Name) and the suffix of Code. To change the name of the Document: Go to Modify a Document Ty...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Classification of a Formulation on Formpak vs supplier SDS

Classification of a Formulation on Formpak vs supplier SDS There’s a difference in classification between a formulation I’ve entered onto Formpak compared to the supplier who supplied the SDS and composition- how do I know which is right? As a general guide, if you have a difference between classifications this almost always means one or more of the following: The ingredients are not the same The ingredients don’t have the same hazards The ingredients are present at different p...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

CLP Compliance

CLP Compliance I use fragrances to make air fresheners or candles, how do I keep the Formpak system up to date so I can be compliant with CLP? There isn’t a single source for updates, and it goes beyond the software also. The key source of data is your suppliers (of raw materials and fragrances). When you have updated information about hazards or compositions of your ingredients you need to make changes ‘without undue delay’ and supply information onwards in the supply chain (t...

Documents & Reports 20/07/2023

CLP Labelling – Are empty pictograms allowed on the label?

CLP Labelling – Are empty pictograms allowed on the label? The CLP legislation itself does not directly address this question. There is the potential for five pictograms on a label for a substance or mixture. Due to the apparent lack of robust colour printers for labelling, current thoughts of CLP and GHS labelling are centred around pre-printed labels containing empty diamonds, ready to take black symbols and text. In this scenario, will it be OK to have empty diamonds? Formpak has been i...

Documents & Reports, Properties 20/07/2023

Concentration Limits on Safety Data Sheets

How to use Concentration Limits on Safety Data Sheets and how they are calculated Section 16 of a Safety Data Sheet can contain Concentration Limits for various hazards. These can be used to determine if a particular hazard should apply to a downstream product. Concentration Limits are related to Total Fractional Values (TFVs). Concentration Limits are given for hazards with TFVs of greater than or equal to one. Concentration Limts and Total Fractional Values are related in the following way: Co...

Administration, Documents & Reports, Parties 20/07/2023

Adding a New TO

Process for adding a New TO Go to Add a New TO Enter Code e.g ‘FORM’ Enter Name e.g ‘Formpak’ Add any other details for the TO you feel relevant Click the Contact tab Click Add New Contact Fill out the relevant details of a contact within the company Click Save to save the contact Click Save again to save the new TO Last updated Apr 2016...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 20/07/2023

Adding REACH Registration Numbers

Adding REACH Registration Numbers Many global regions have raw material registration requirements as a condition of trade within their region. REACH is a European Union regulation and addresses the production and use of chemical substances. A registration number is evidence of the registration and is expected to appear on Safety Data Sheets. Registration numbers can be added to raw materials in the following way. Adding an EU REACH Registration Number. Navigate to the Modify a Raw Material. Clic...