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Classification, General, Properties 09/04/2025

Transport Classification: Aviation Regulated Liquid and Aviation Regulated Solid

Transport Classification: Aviation Regulated Liquid and Aviation Regulated Solid Substances and mixtures destined for transport by air and designated as Transport Hazard Class 9 materials or those not classified as hazardous, may still classify as: UN3334 Aviation Regulated Liquid or UN3335 Aviation Regulated Solid …because ‘any material which has narcotic, noxious or other properties such that, in the event of spillage or leakage on an aircraft, extreme annoyance of discomfort could be caus...

Documents & Reports, Properties 05/03/2025

SVHC Properties

SVHC Properties Under Article 31(9)(a)) SVHC regulation advises if a product contains more than 0.1% of a SVHC (Substance of Very High Concern) this should be included on the product Safety Data Sheet. The following Property can be used to manage the SVHC. Manually apply the Property to the Raw Materials that are classified as a SVHC. Add an Entry List Property SVHCOVERLIMINGDETAILS. Input the General Concentration and Lower Limit at 0.1 you can create a table of components that have Property SV...

Classification, Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 05/02/2025

Adding a Dilution Script to Suppress Aspiration Hazard in Solid Dilutions (Candles)

Adding a Dilution Script to Suppress Aspiration Hazard in Solid Dilutions (Candles) An Item with state = Solid or Powder does not have Classification Aspiration Hazard 1 (AH 1) whatever Hydrocarbon content it may have. Solids can still have Hydrocarbon content (HC%) as when used in liquid mixtures, the contribution becomes valid. A solid end use Application, such as Candle or solid Air Freshener may have a significant contribution of HC% from the Fragrance part, however, when Printing a Document...

Documents & Reports, Properties, Suitability 12/11/2024

Ensuring that a Formulation’s Total Concentration is exactly 100 using Suitability on Properties TOTALCONC and TOTALCONC100

Properties TOTALCONC and TOTALCONC100 If you export Formulations to an ERP system, you may have a requirement to ensure that a Formulation’s Total Concentration is exactly 100 parts, thus ensuring that the concentration of each component is a percentage of the total. This may be achieved with a couple of non-standard Properties TOTALCONC and TOTALCONC100 along with a Suitability Constraint and/or an additional scope Validity Property. Property TOTALCONC reflects the Total Concentration of a Fo...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 01/08/2024

Creating a Poison Centre Notification Dossier

Creating a Poison Centre Notification Dossier As you may be aware Article 45 Annex VIII of the CLP regulation includes a provision to submit Poison Centre Notifications and this applies only in the EU. EU companies that supply hazardous CLP goods must make a Notification and provide a UFI (Unique Formula Identifier) on Safety Data Sheets and labels. GB adopted CLP and accidentally included the regulation on mandatory Poison Centre Notifications, but this regulation is going to be reversed. GB co...

Documents & Reports, Items, Properties 01/08/2024

California Proposition 65 Properties

California Proposition 65 Properties California Proposition 65 legislation requires companies to list certain substances contained within their products that are listed on the Proposition 65 Chemical List as causing potential harm. MC/Prop65 is set up as a Property and applied to relevant Raw Materials with a calculation to list components within Formulations. You should have this MC/PROP65 Property already available within your Formpak Software. Manually apply the Property to the CP65 Materials...

Classification, Documents & Reports, Properties 01/08/2024

Eye Damage/Irritation Hazard Category in GHS and CLP

Eye Damage/Irritation Hazard Category in GHS and CLP GHS Hazards UN GHS has two categories of Eye Damage/Irritation; Eye Damage 1 – typically, irreversible damage to the eye and Eye Irritation 2 – typically, reversible short-term damage UN GHS has two sub-categories of Eye Irritation 2, 2A and 2B. 2A takes longer for the eye to recover than 2B. CLP Hazards CLP, the EU version of GHS decided not to include Eye Irritation 2B. CLP includes Eye Irritation 2A. However, it isn’t called Eye Irrit...

Documents & Reports, General, Items, Properties 08/05/2024

Transaction Rollback Error Message

Transaction Rollback Error Message The most common reason for a ‘Transaction Rollback’ error is that a Property and or Property Group which is specified in a document has been removed or does not exist, as Formpak looks to these to see if there is a value to show on the document. If you have recently changed or removed any Property/Property Group and require assistance please contact support@formpak-software.com May 2024...

Documents & Reports, General, Properties 27/03/2024

IFRA Standards

IFRA Standards Introduction to IFRA IFRA regulations, also known as the IFRA Standards, are guidelines set by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) to ensure the safe use of fragrances. These standards are based on scientific research and risk assessments by independent experts. IFRA membership is voluntary, but their standards are widely recognized by governments and followed by about 80% of the fragrance industry globally. IFRA Standards are not the only requirement for fragrance safe...

Properties 25/03/2024

Workplace Exposure Limits

Workplace Exposure Limits Exposure limits are upper legal limits used as a safety measure to prevent over exposure to hazardous substances. Exposure can be through breathing in fumes, or dust, through skin contact, injection, or ingestion. Workplace exposure limits are defined for hazardous substances that present a possible threat to human life and/or health. Workplace exposure limits (WELs) are subject to time-weighted averages (TWA). The long-term exposure limit (LTEL) or 8 hour reference per...