HB 295.3.5-2007

1 - HB 295.3.5-2007 PRODUCT SAFETY FRAMEWORK - PART 3.5: PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING LABELS AND MARKINGS
1 - PREFACE
1 - 1 PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING LABELS AND MARKINGS
1 - 1.1 Preamble
1 - 1.2 Scope
2 - 1.3 Terminology
2 - 1.4 When labels are required
2 - 1.5 Effectiveness of warnings
3 - 1.6 Provision of warning labels
3 - PREREQUISITES
3 - P1 PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING LABELS AND MARKINGS
3 - P1.1 Warning development procedure
4 - P1.2 Use of a signal word
4 - REQUIREMENTS
4 - R1 PRODUCT SAFETY WARNINGS AND LABELS
4 - R1.1 Nature of language, content of warning
4 - R1.2 Language to be used
5 - R1.3 Distinctly separated
5 - R1.4 Positioning/prominence/visibility
5 - R1.5 Legibility and comprehendability
5 - R1.6 Durability/permanence
5 - R1.7 Style and type/colour and shape
6 - R1.8 Packaging
6 - R1.9 Safety warning – contact with water
6 - R1.10 Use of symbols and pictograms/graphical representation
7 - R1.11 Other labels and markings
7 - R1.11.1 Safety requirements of non-essential labels or markings
7 - R1.11.2 Content of non-essential labels or markings
7 - R1.11.3 Non-essential labels and markings to be kept to a minimum
7 - TEST PROCEDURES
7 - T1 PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING LABELS AND MARKINGS
7 - T1.1 Nature of language, content, separation
7 - T1.2 Visibility of labels or markings
8 - T1.2.1 Test for visibility of warning label
8 - T1.2.2 Test rod position
11 - T1.2.3 Measuring device
11 - T1.3 Legibility of labels or markings
12 - T1.4 Tests for durability and permanence of labels and markings
12 - T1.4.1 Test for durability of labels and marking
12 - T1.4.2 Tests for permanence
12 - T1.4.2.1 Permanence test
12 - T1.4.2.2 Permanence of paper labels
12 - T1.4.2.3 Permanence of non-paper labels
12 - T1.4.2.4 Permanence of labels attached by a seam
12 - T1.4.2.5 Adhesion tests for warnings applied directly onto the surface of the product.
12 - T1.5 Style and type, colour and shape
12 - T1.6 Packaging
12 - T1.7 Contact with water
13 - T1.8 Symbols and pictograms
13 - T1.9 Non-essential labels or markings

Part 3 of a three part Handbook that establishes a Product Safety Framework that is designed to enhance the safe supply, sale and use of products. It provides a verification process that allows for validation. It thus provides a generic hazards-based approach rather than focussing on specific products.

First published as HB 295.3.5-2007.