MALAYSIA Review of Experiences in GHS Implementation Anuar Mohd. Mokhtar Department of Occupational Safety & Health Ministry of Human Resource Malaysia anuar_m@mohr.gov.my anumokh@hotmail.com

OVERVIEW OF CHEMICAL LAWS IN MALAYSIA Substance Legislation Authorities Pesticides Pesticides Act 1974 Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-based Industry Industrial Chemicals Occupational Safety & Health Act 1994 Ministry of Human Resource Pharmaceuticals Poisons Act 1952 Ministry of Health Radioactive Substances Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984 Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation Petroleum & petroleum product Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984 Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs Toxic wastes Environmental Quality Act 1974 Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment

EXISTING SCENARIO GHS SCOPE RELEVANT AGENCY RELEVANT MINISTRY HAZARD CLASSIFI-CATION HAZARD LABEL SAFETY DATA SHEET INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS DEPT. OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE Y PESTICIDES PESTICIDES BOARD AGRICULTURE & AGRO-BASED INDUSTRY PHARMA-CEUTICALS PHARMACY DIVISION HEALTH N CONSUMER PRODUCTS DOMESTIC TRADE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (Y)

CONTROL OF POISON, PESTICIDES & INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS Ind. chemical Importation License-DG Health Prohibit import -Customs Dept. Registration No Yes Hazard Classification Yes (Group A, B, C, D, industrial & lab.) (Class I,II,III,IV) (10 classes-EU) Hazard Labeling (4 languages) Yes-5 elements (2 languages) Safety Datasheet Yes for registration Yes, for users Safe Use Poisons Act & USECHH Reg. Highly Toxic Pesticides Reg. & USECHH Reg. Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act & USECHH Reg. Transport Disposal 6 Elements labelling 10 waste classification & labelling

PESTICIDES-Classification & Colour Code Band Hazard Class Colour Band Symbol Warning (in 4 locally used languages) Ia Extremely hazardous BLACK Keep away from food stuff & children Ib Highly hazardous RED -ditto- II Moderately hazardous YELLOW III Slightly hazardous BLUE IV Unlikely to be hazardous WHITE

PESTICIDES -Sample Label

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS- Classification PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES DANGER SYMBOL HEALTH EFFECTS EXPLOSIVE VERY TOXIC OXIDIZING TOXIC EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE CORROSIVE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE HARMFUL FLAMMABLE IRRITANT

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CSDS FORMAT 1. Chemical Product, company identification 2. Composition information on ingredient 3. Physical, chemical properties 4. Hazards identification 5. First aid measures 6. Fire fighting measures 7. Accidental release measures 8. Handling and storage 9. Exposure controls, personal protection 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CSDS FORMAT

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS-Label layout NAME OF CHEMICAL SYMBOL 1 RISK PHRASES & SAFETY PHRASES MANUFACTURER’S DETAILS SYMBOL 2 DETAILS OF IMPORTER/DISTRIBUTOR

Malaysian CPL Regulations Comparison of SDS: GHS versus CPL Regulations Malaysian CPL Regulations GHS 1. Product, company identification 2. Composition information on ingredient 3. Physical, chemical properties 4. Hazards identification 5. First aid measures 6. Fire fighting measures 7. Accidental release measures 8. Handling and storage 9. Exposure controls, personal protection 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information 1. Product and company information 2. Hazards identification 3. Composition information on ingredients 4. First aid measures 5. Fire fighting measures 6. Accidental release 7. Handling and storage 8. Exposure controls, personal protection 9. Physical, chemical properties 10. Stability and reactivity 11. Toxicological information 12. Ecological information 13. Disposal considerations 14. Transport information 15. Regulatory information 16. Other information

CHALLENGES IN GHS IMPLEMENTATION IN MALAYSIA Lack of awareness on GHS among government agencies & the target groups Lack of commitments from the relevant Ministries & agencies to review existing legislation No national coordinating agency or committee to oversee the implementation of GHS Lack of technical expertise on the classification, labeling & formulation of safety data sheets Lack of promotional activities & materials Lack of technical translators

NATIONAL HARMONIZATION? 2004-2007 2008 GHS CPL REGULATIONS AMEND EXISTING LAW/ ENACT NEW LAW PESTICIDES CLASSIFICATION & LABELLING TRANSPORTATION RULES ON DANGEROUS GOODS CONSUMER LABELLING

CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL HARMONIZATION Different products different system for classifying & providing hazard information E.g. industrial chemicals vs pesticides vs consumer products Different purpose different system E.g. workplace vs transportation vs consumer Different authorities adopt different systems based on needs or preferences E.g. industrial chemicals based on EU classifications & ILO chemicals convention, pesticides based on WHO classification & FAO guidelines,

GHS IMPLEMENTATION-ACHIEVEMENTS BRIEFING ON CPL REGULATIONS 1997 & GHS 2003, BY CICM SEMINAR ON GHS IN KUALA LUMPUR (2004) ORGANIZED BY APEC CHEMICAL DIALOGUE & MITI PAPERS ON GHS PRESENTED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE & SEMINAR 2003 (DOSH REP. AT NATIONAL COSH), DEC 2004 (DOSH REP. AT NCOSH NATIONAL SEMINAR)

GHS IMPLEMENTATION-ACHIEVEMENTS PAPERS ON GHS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL JULY 2002(CICM REP. AT ASEAN OSHNET WORKSHOP) 2003 (CHEMCON ASIA IN SINGAPORE) 2004 (CHEMCON IN BERLIN) 2005 (CHEMCON ASIA IN KUALA LUMPUR) PROPOSAL TO ADOPT GHS AS MALAYSIAN STANDARD 2005 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE SET-UP PAMPHLET ON GHS PUBLISHED 2005 BY DOSH MALAYSIA

GHS IMPLEMENTATION-ACHIEVEMENTS GHS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP (BEGINNERS) 2004-BY FMM/JETRO CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS FROM JAPAN GHS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP (INTERMEDIATE) JUNE 2005 GHS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP (ADVANCED) AUGUST 2005 NEW REGULATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS STARTED DRAFTING IN 2005 BASED ON GHS

GHS IMPLEMENTATION-FUTURE PLANS GHS WORKSHOP-ASEAN OSHNET/UNITAR MARCH 2006 GHS WORKSHOP FOR MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS-DOSH/UNITAR 2007-TRAINING ON GHS FOR LOCAL CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS 2007/8-NEW REGULATION TO BE GAZETTED MANUAL ON GHS CLASSIFICATION, LABELLING & SDS 2008-REACH-OUT PROGRAMME BRIEFING & DIALOGUE SESSIONS TARGET GROUPS

CONCLUSIONS Malaysia has been enforcing various laws pertaining to chemical control Awareness & training sessions on GHS have been conducted Efforts have been made to introduce A Malaysian Standard & a new regulation based on GHS Presently, GHS to be implemented only for industrial chemical