My company receives raw materials in for testing and traditionally we have put a label on the boxes to indicate any potential he alth/handling hazards, for example flammable, corrosive, oxidizer, etc.   I bel ieve this system started years ago because it was felt that analysts who test th e raw materials may not check the MSDS, although we tell them they are requir ed to do so.   (Most of our raw materials are not hazardous or are o nly minimally so)

I do not like the current labels we are using and am thinking about seeing if I can obtain the nine different GHS pictogram labe ls for Hazard classes to use instead.  I think they are better and cover a wi der range of potential hazards.  I am wondering if anyone else is doing th is and how they feel about the GHS pictograms.   I do not know as mu ch about GHS as I should, but my understanding is that these pictograms will b e on MSDSs in the US somewhere down the road. 

Pat Peifer

Project Manager, Health Safety and Training

West Pharmaceutical Services