November 11, 2024, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau approved and released the "Application Specifications for Safety Information Codes of Hazardous Chemicals" (DB44/T 2564-2024), which will be implemented from February 11, 2025. The standard has now been filed and approved, and the full text of the standard has been made public. The following is a summary of the relevant content of the "Application Specifications for Safety Information Codes of Hazardous Chemicals" (DB44/T 2564-2024):
Background
In 2021, the Ministry of Emergency Management first piloted the "one enterprise, one product, one code" labeling management of hazardous chemicals in Guangdong Province. It required that every type of hazardous chemical produced or imported by each hazardous chemical production or import enterprise must have a corresponding and unique safety information code to achieve efficient communication of hazardous chemical hazard information and precise supervision of hazardous chemicals. Hazardous chemical production and import enterprises complete registration in the Comprehensive Service System for Hazardous Chemicals Registration and download the safety information code for the hazardous chemicals they produce or import, which is automatically generated by the system. By scanning and recognizing the safety information code of hazardous chemicals, the safety information of the hazardous chemicals can be obtained, thereby promoting the rapid and effective transmission of information.
Purpose
The release and implementation of this standard aim to regulate the application of the safety information code for hazardous chemicals and to better communicate safety information through the safety information code of hazardous chemicals.
Main Content
This document specifies the content, categories, and application requirements of the safety information code for hazardous chemicals, provides the style of the safety information code for hazardous chemicals and application examples of the safety information code for hazardous chemicals, and is applicable to the application of the safety information code for hazardous chemicals.
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Application Specifications for Safety Information Codes of Hazardous Chemicals