HazCom: Navigating GHS Alignment in North America
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT
Health Canada updated WHMIS 2015 to the 7th revision of GHS on December 15th, 2022, with a three-year transition for full compliance, set for mid-December 2025. The United States enforced the new HAZCOM 2012 (informally named "HAZCOM 2024") on July 19th, 2024, based on the same GHS Revision but with very different transition periods (substances 24 months, mixtures 42 months from the date of enforcement). This presentation will highlight the numerous similarities between the two countries and will also list several fundamental differences which MAY make the one SDS and Label for both countries difficult or impossible to achieve.
Indeed, even if the entire list of GHS hazard classes and categories are now perfectly aligned, which result in the best regulatory alignment ever, between the two countries, some of the differences regarding Trade Secret ingredients, PHNOC and HHNOC, the data content of several sections, the recognition of some classifications provided for carcinogenic ingredients, the languages of the SDS and the label, being optional or mandatory and a few others, are to be recognized and resolved.
We intend to clearly illustrate, whenever possible, how the differences can be worked out, as well as to demonstrate when and why a single document (even when available in English and French) cannot be used.
We will also be opened to discuss possible alignments in the transition period(s), providing what Health Canada may, or may not have decided of an extension of the transition period to match the one of the US, at the time of the webinar.
About the Speakers:
Dr. Luc Séguin, PhD chemist
On June 1st, 2022, Dr. Séguin created an LLC company to act as an expert consultant in compliance and regulations related to chemicals, nationally and internationally. His job is mainly to support companies in their need for opinions, reports, training, services related to his fields of expertise. These services are offered by Dr. Séguin himself or by a partner in his network that he has certified as ‘best in class’ in one of these areas. He is also part of group of specialized consultants such as ValkarTech, in Canada and ReddWall Solutions LLC in the United States, where he contributes to joint mandates based on his various skills and competencies, based on his 33 years in the field.
Sponsors:
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Date: Aug 21, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM PT
