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Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations
CPR Section 10 - Laboratory Supply House
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Laboratory Supply House
10. The sale or importation of a controlled product is exempt from the application of paragraph 13(a) or 14(a) of the Act in respect of the requirement to transmit, obtain or prepare a material safety data sheet if
- the controlled product
- originates from a laboratory supply house,
- is intended for use in a laboratory, and
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is packaged in a container in a quantity of less than 10 kilograms; and
- all the information required by paragraph 13(a) or 14(a) of the Act is disclosed on the label of the container in which the controlled product is packaged.
Interpretation / Discussion of Section 10
A supplier of a controlled product that meets the conditions in paragraph 10(a) will not have to transmit, obtain or prepare an MSDS if all of the information required to be disclosed on an MSDS is disclosed on the label of the product.
A laboratory is intended to include non-traditional laboratory settings such as testing:
- in the field (i.e. with or without a temporary enclosure, such as a tent);
- adjacent to production lines after sampling from the lines;
- in steam/heating plants after sampling from a valve, etc.
Therefore, laboratory supply house chemicals intended for use in such settings are eligible for the exemption provided by this section of the CPR; {ref.: PIS No.5}.
