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THE VERDICT IS IN: REACH CONFERENCE
A HUGE SUCCESS Distributors in the cleaning and hygiene sector gathered in the West Midlands to get answers to their questions on the implications of the REACH regulation at a special conference organised by the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association (CHSA) and the British Association for Chemical Specialties (BACS), entitled ‘REACH for the Cleaning Supply Chain’.
“The message I have taken away is that there is work to do to be absolutely certain we are fully compliant,” said Arco Product and Procurement Manager Jeff Snee, who as a member of the CHSA Council welcomed the delegates. “I’ve now got the information I need to provide the right information to end users and future-proof the business.”
Speaking after the conference, Dave Bruce of DJB Supplies said: “The conference has been valuable. The common sense approach of the speakers provides a good guide through the complexities of REACH and laid out the implications of the subtle shift in emphasis of responsibility. For example, as a distributor I have to provide information to end users and I now have answers to my questions on communication, a topic it’s been difficult to get any clear guidance on.”
BACS brought together a team of expert speakers able to outline the issues and answer what proved to be a flood of questions from the delegates. The thorny issues of dealing with private branding and contract packing were addressed, with Robin Foster of the Health & Safety Executive (Head of Policy, International Chemicals Unit, HSE) explaining that as an ex-inspector his first port of call would always be to the company on the product label.
Another complex area in our industry is that the products which are traded are not necessarily those that are used. For instance, concentrates can be dosed into bottles fitted with spray heads. The REACH specific
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Left to right: Jeff Snee, CHSA Council member and Peter Woodhead and Martina Williams of BACS.
information, which may not be on the safety data sheet, helps the users deal with their COSHH obligations for these products.
The issue of using retail products was also discussed. The calculations underpinning the risk assessments for these products do not necessarily consider working with the products all day long.
Peter Woodhead, Technical Director of Selden Research, explained how REACH, COSHH and CLP fit together and how REACH moves the burden of risk assessment up the supply chain but gives the end users the responsibility to implement the controls recommended by their suppliers.
Martina Williams, who has 25 years of experience working for multinational chemical companies and is one of BACS’ Regulatory Affairs Consultants, outlined distributors’ responsibilities and the deadlines to be met, while Simon Bradshaw, Director of Lisam Systems and a specialist in the provision of chemical labeling solutions, provided a presentation on safety data sheets.
Randi Hanstveit, who has focused on REACH and CLP since joining Sealed Air in 2009, discussed the critical information not in the safety data sheet.
After lunch, Robin Foster gave a thought provoking talk on the future of managing chemicals and the action being taken in Britain and at EU level to substantially reduce work-related cancers which currently vastly outnumber accidental work related fatalities.
www.chsa.co.uk www.bacsnet.org
NEW APPOINTMENT KEEN TO SHINE AT
FACILICOM Facilicom UK, the contract cleaning and soft services specialist, has appointed Danny Keen, as its new Corporate Solutions Director. Danny will help to strengthen the Facilicom commercial team as it goes through a period of sustained growth.
Danny moves to Facilicom from TC Facilities Management where he was Business Development Director. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the cleaning and security industry in operations and sales. His primary role will be to develop relationships with Facilicom’s key FM customers.
www.facilicom.co.uk twitter.com/TomoCleaning
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