Recently, Standardization Administration of China (SAC) promulgated 28 GB standards (GB 30000.XX-2013) on classifications and labeling of chemicals, which will replace the current 26 GB standards from Nov 1st 2014. (SAC Notice No. 20 and 21(2013)). China adopted all the building blocks in the fourth revision of UN GHS, which also served as the most essential drafting reference.
The official documents of GB 30000.2-2013 ~ GB 30000.29-2013 are already published by China Zhijian Publishing House.
Compared with the existing 26 GBs on chemical classifications and labling, GB 30000 system incorporates two more categories namely "aspiration hazard " and "hazardous to the ozone layer". This update coincides with the hazard categories incorporated in the newly released Inventory of Hazardous Chemical (Draft). For the classification of chemicals listed in the Inventory, specific guidance document will be issued later. The revision or replacement of the current “General rule for classification and hazard communication of chemicals” (GB 13690-2009) is obviously in need. Additionally, it is very possible that a standard concerning workplace safety warning signs drafted by SAWS is collected into this series of GBs.
The framework of GB 30000 system is supposed to consist of the following 30 substandards:
Ser. | Standard No. |
Standard Tile (Safety rules for classification and labeling of chemicals - ) | Replaced Standard |
1 | GB 30000.1-2013 | General rules | GB 13690-2009 |
2 | GB 30000.2-2013 | Explosives | GB 20576-2006 |
3 | GB 30000.3-2013 | Flammable gases | GB 20577-2006 |
4 | GB 30000.4-2013 | Aerosols | GB 20578-2006 |
5 | GB 30000.5-2013 | Oxidizing gases | GB 20579-2006 |
6 | GB 30000.6-2013 | Gases under pressure | GB 20580-2006 |
7 | GB 30000.7-2013 | Flammable Liquids | GB 20581-2006 |
8 | GB 30000.8-2013 | Flammable Solids | GB 20582-2006 |
9 | GB 30000.9-2013 | Self-reactive substances and mixtures | GB 20583-2006 |
10 | GB 30000.10-2013 | Pyrophoric liquids | GB 20585-2006 |
11 | GB 30000.11-2013 | Pyrophoric solids | GB 20586-2006 |
12 | GB 30000.12-2013 | Self-heating substances and mixtures | GB 20584-2006 |
13 | GB 30000.13-2013 | Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases | GB 20587-2006 |
14 | GB 30000.14-2013 | Oxidizing liquids | GB 20589-2006 |
15 | GB 30000.15-2013 | Oxidizing solids | GB 20590-2006 |
16 | GB 30000.16-2013 | Organic peroxides | GB 20591-2006 |
17 | GB 30000.17-2013 | Corrosive to metals | GB 20588-2006 |
18 | GB 30000.18-2013 | Acute toxicity | GB 20592-2006 |
19 | GB 30000.19-2013 | Skin corrosion/irritation | GB 20593-2006 |
20 | GB 30000.20-2013 | Serious eye damage / eye irritation | GB 20594-2006 |
21 | GB 30000.21-2013 | Respiratory or skin sensitization | GB 20595-2006 |
22 | GB 30000.22-2013 | Germ cell mutagenicity | GB 20596-2006 |
23 | GB 30000.23-2013 | Carcinogenicity | GB 20597-2006 |
24 | GB 30000.24-2013 | Reproductive toxicity | GB 20598-2006 |
25 | GB 30000.25-2013 | Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposure | GB 20599-2006 |
26 | GB 30000.26-2013 | Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposure | GB 20601-2006 |
27 | GB 30000.27-2013 | Aspiration hazard | |
28 | GB 30000.28-2013 | Hazardous to the aquatic environment | GB 20602-2006 |
29 | GB 30000.29-2013 | Hazardous to the ozone layer | |
30 | GB 30000.30-2013 | Work safety warning signs |
Tips:
Explosives: Division 1.5, 1.6;
Aerosols: Category 2, 3;
Flammable Liquids: Category 4;
Self-reactive substances (and mixtures): Type F, G;
Organic peroxides: Type G;
Acute toxicity: Category 4, 5;
Skin corrosion/irritation: Category 3;
Acute aquatic toxicity: Category 3;
Chronic aquatic toxicity: Category 4.