The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has updated its Guidance for downstream users to take into account and implement the experience and best practices developed and established since the original version of the guidance was drafted in 2008.
The update specifically looked at the need to provide more and up-to-date guidance on:
- the application of scaling when checking whether a downstream user's use of a substance is covered by the supplier's exposure scenario and
- the communication of information on the safe use of mixtures.
A downstream user is defined as any natural or legal person established within the EU, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a preparation, in the course of his industrial or professional activities. (A distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user.)
The Guidance on the Compilation of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) has been amended by updating and including into an Appendix information on extending the SDS which was already contained in Part G of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment. This update improves the clarity and consistency of these ECHA Guidance documents.
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