SDS Authoring vs. MSDS Authoring
People are wondering what is gonig on with the term MSDS which stands for Material Safety Data Sheet. Then what is SDS Authoring? SDS Stands for Safety Data Sheets. GHS has changed this word forever. GHS stands for the “Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals”. GHS is a new system that defines and classifies the hazards of chemical products, and communicates heath and safety information on labels and material safety data sheets (now forth called Safety Data Sheets, or SDSs, in GHS). The goal is that the same set of rules for classifying hazards, and the same format and content for labels and safety data sheets (SDS) will be adopted and used around the world. An international team of hazard communication experts developed GHS under the United Nations.
Over time the term MSDS will slowly change to SDS due to the global impact which GHS will have on the regulatory and EH&S world.
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