Australia Model Code of Practice: Preparation of Safety Data Sheets for Hazardous Chemicals 1.2-prepare: Classify each substance, mixture or article before first supply and, if it is a hazardous chemical, prepare an SDS before first manufacture or import (or as soon as practicable after, and before first supply to a workplace)

What does 1.2-prepare require?

Before a manufacturer or importer first supplies a substance, mixture or article to a workplace, it must establish whether the product is a hazardous chemical and, where it is, classify it correctly. For a hazardous chemical it must then prepare a safety data sheet before it first makes or imports the chemical, or, where that cannot practicably be done, as soon as practicable afterwards and in any case before the chemical first reaches a workplace (WHS Regulations r 330). A business that packs or relabels a hazardous chemical under its own product name counts as a manufacturer and carries the same SDS duty. Whoever writes the SDS should have suitable expertise and access to the formulation and the correct hazard classification.