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705 Hazard Communication Program
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Updating Labels

Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors, or employers who become newly aware of any significant information regarding the hazards of a chemical must:

  • revise the labels for the chemical within 6 months of becoming aware of the new information, and
  • ensure that labels on containers of hazardous chemicals shipped after that time contain the new information.
Relabeling Older Chemicals

If the chemical is not currently produced or imported, the chemical manufacturer, importer, distributor, or employer must add the information to the label before the chemical is shipped or introduced into the workplace again.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

3-10. When there is significant new information regarding the hazards of a chemical, the label for the chemical must be revised within _____.