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Major Amendment Announced to Canada’s Hazardous Products Regulations (WHMIS) The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) has been a pretty...

Barbara Foster January 16, 2023

Annonce d’une modification importante du Règlement sur les produits dangereux du Canada (SIMDUT) Le Système d’information sur les matières dangereuses utilisées...

Barbara Foster January 16, 2023

Sensibilisation au SIMDUT Santé Canada, qui supervise la Loi sur les produits dangereux (LPD) et le Règlement sur les produits...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 12, 2023

WHMIS Outreach Health Canada who oversees the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and the associated Hazardous Product Regulations (HPR) which oversees...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 12, 2023

Transport Canada Completes Study on e-Documents – What Next?  Let’s face it – many parts of the current systems in...

Barbara Foster January 10, 2023

Can I reuse UN Standard Packaging? The short answer is NO. In recent discussions with clients, I uncovered some “not...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 05, 2023

There are a few things that we can count on: death, taxes, and PHMSA rating their penalties every year.   In...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 09, 2022

This post was originally published in November 2017 and has been updated in May 2022 for accuracy. Regulatory Helpdesk: November...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 07, 2022

If you are looking for clarification on the regulations from the 49CFR, oftentimes it is a good idea to check...

Michael Zendano May 02, 2022

This post was originally published in November 2020 and has been updated in April 2022 for accuracy. Shipping hazardous materials...

April 30, 2022

ATE or Acute Toxicity Estimate is a calculation needed when authoring a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for an untested mixture....

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP April 25, 2022

Il s’agira d’un blog en deux parties sur l’expédition de batteries au lithium par voie terrestre en Amérique du Nord. ...

Elton Woodfine April 20, 2022

In addition to developing and enforcing the regulations for the safe and reliable transportation of dangerous goods, PHMSA publishes a...

Michael Zendano June 06, 2022

This is part two of my series on the shipment of lithium batteries by ground in Canada and the United...

Elton Woodfine June 01, 2022

If you ship UN boxes, you know the importance of using the correct tape called out by the closing instructions....

Michael Zendano May 30, 2022

On a recent helpdesk call, a customer asked me if there was a list of differences between the US 49...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 23, 2022

Ce blog servira de référence rapide des changements importants qui pourraient vous affecter!  En mars 2022, Transports Canada et l’Office...

Elton Woodfine May 18, 2022

This blog will serve as a quick reference of the significant changes that may affect you!  This past March 2022,...

Elton Woodfine May 18, 2022

DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...