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CHCS 24th AGM & 7th Annual Lectures

Have you registered yet for the 2018 CHCS AGM & 7th Annual Lectures: Wednesday 14th November, Loughborough? 

CHCS Members can register, free-of-charge, at: CHCS 24th AGM & 7th Annual Lectures. 

As at previous events, we will be hosting an exhibition of products of services of interest to our members. If you would like to find out more about exhibiting / sponsoring the event, please contact the CHCS Office. 

CHCS are seeking a Development Officer

The Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS) are looking for a part-time Development Officer to help our Training and Assessment Panel (TAP), and our Member Services Committee, with the development and organisation of our programme of training modules, events and workshops, and with member communications.

The successful candidate will have a background in chemical hazard communication, as well as excellent organisational skills.

For more information please visit our Job Vacancies page.

13th ATP for CLP Published

The 13th ATP (Adaptation to Technical and scientific Progress) to the CLP Regulation (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures) was published last week as Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1480.

CHCS Members can read more on the CHCS News Briefings page.

Regulating chemicals (REACH) if there’s no Brexit deal

The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs has published a Guidance Note.

CHCS Members can read more on the CHCS News Briefings page.

News Briefings Summary

• 25 September 2018: Microplastics and the current situation
  
  
• 4 September 208: IATA publishes significant changes to the 60th Edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations
  
  
• 26 July 2018: REACH or CLP regulatory measures proposed for persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT/vPvM) substances
  
  
• 26 July 2018 - REACH or CLP regulatory measures proposed for persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT/vPvM) substances
  
  
• 6 July 2018 - HSE provide a "Chemicals" EU Exit web page.
  

CHCS Members can read more on the CHCS News Briefings page.

13 August 2018 - ** New ** CHCS Training Dates for 2019

We've now published dates, up to May 2019, for our ever-popular, modular training courses

For full details, please visit our Training page.

26 July 2018 - CHCS Labelling Competition

Have you overcome a tricky labelling problem? Are you labelling a small or awkwardly shaped package, printing on a difficult surface, or have overcome another problem?

Are you proud of your label designs that make it easier for customers to read and understand your labels?

CHCS Members can enter our new competition. For more details please visit: CHCS Labelling Competition.

9  July 2018 - CHCS Needs Your Help!

CHCS has a number of vacancies on our committees and are looking for volunteers to fill them. For more information please see: CHCS Vacancies.