A comprehensive audit checklist for ensuring compliance with REACH requirements for Safety Data Sheets, covering content, format, distribution, and management processes.
REACH Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Compliance Audit Checklist
Get Template
About This Checklist
The REACH Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Compliance Audit Checklist is an indispensable tool for chemical manufacturers, importers, and downstream users to ensure their SDSs meet the stringent requirements of the REACH regulation. This checklist focuses on the critical aspects of SDS creation, maintenance, and distribution, helping companies provide accurate and up-to-date safety information throughout the supply chain. By systematically reviewing SDS content and management processes, businesses can enhance workplace safety, demonstrate regulatory compliance, and build trust with customers and regulatory authorities.
Learn moreIndustry
Standard
Workspaces
Occupations
FAQs
A REACH-compliant SDS must include 16 sections covering identification, hazards, composition, first-aid measures, firefighting measures, accidental release measures, handling and storage, exposure controls, physical and chemical properties, stability and reactivity, toxicological information, ecological information, disposal considerations, transport information, regulatory information, and other information.
Under REACH, SDSs should be reviewed and updated as soon as new information on hazards or risk management measures becomes available. It's good practice to review SDSs at least annually, even if no changes are needed.
The responsibility for creating and maintaining SDSs lies with the manufacturer, importer, or downstream user placing the substance or mixture on the market. This includes ensuring the SDS is up-to-date and compliant with REACH requirements.
The checklist includes items to verify that exposure scenarios are properly developed, attached to the SDS when required, and contain all necessary information for safe use of the substance throughout its lifecycle.
The checklist helps ensure compliance with REACH language requirements, which state that the SDS must be provided in the official language(s) of the Member State(s) where the substance or mixture is placed on the market.
Benefits of REACH Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Compliance Audit Checklist
Ensures comprehensive coverage of all required SDS sections under REACH
Helps identify and correct common SDS deficiencies and inconsistencies
Improves the accuracy and quality of hazard communication in the supply chain
Reduces legal and reputational risks associated with non-compliant SDSs
Facilitates efficient SDS updates in response to new data or regulatory changes