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The BAMA Standard Individual Guides
(Individual guides do not contain the check-lists contained in The BAMA Standard)
Product Design (2007)
£150
This Module will cover the key safety issues that need to be addressed during the design and development of aerosols. The module sets out requirements and recommendations for Good and Best Practice that if followed will demonstrate that consideration was given to a wide range of consumer and manufacturing safety issues during the design of products. These include assessment of product toxicity, flammability, product shelf-life, component design and design for manufacture. Environmental issues are not included unless they have a direct impact on safety issues.
Manufacturing (2007)
£500
The purpose of the Manufacturing Module is to help maximise safety levels across the complete aerosol manufacturing process and to ensure safety for the consumer through adherence to all required quality controls. The module aims to cover the whole range of aerosol filling, both large and small operations, and all types of products with the exception of pharmaceuticals. Therefore, whilst all five sub-modules are relevant to all aerosol fillers, some of the requirements may not be applicable to a particular filling operation. In some cases guidance is given as to the applicability of requirements, but in the majority of cases the decision is left to the assessor's common sense.
Consumer Labelling and Provision of Information (2007)
£250
This Module covers the consumer labelling of aerosols placed on the UK market and includes aerosols intended for the general public as well as for industrial and institutional use. The module will set out requirements for good practice (including those for special products); recommendations for best practice (voluntary labelling); supply of Safety Data Sheets and Poison Centre Information; and guidance on advertising codes of practice. It will not cover any aspects of outer/transit labelling requirements, which will appear in Module 5 (Transport of Aerosols).
Warehousing (2008)
£60
This Guide presents requirements and guidance for the storage of aerosols. It includes storage of finished goods at the aerosol factory as well as in a warehouse for the purpose of distribution.
Emergency Planning (2007)
£25
This Module gives requirements and guidance for Emergency Plans for those sites manufacturing aerosols, handling filled aerosols during transport, storing or disposing of aerosols and for laboratories capable of manufacturing aerosols.
Product recall and Consumer Returns (2002)
£50
This Module gives requirements and guidance for planning an Aerosol Product Recall and dealing with consumer returns and complaints. Only available as a hard-copy.
Disposal of Aerosols (2008)
£60
This Guide is designed to help aerosol fillers and others comply with relevant waste management regulations. It covers the handling and disposal of full or part-full aerosols, at various stages during development, manufacture, warehousing and where there are special safety requirements with returns from the retailer or consumer. This Guide also provides requirements to be placed on contract packers and contract distributors, and requirements for advice to be given to wholesalers, retailers and users. The purpose of the Guide is to help maximise safety. It aims to cover both large and small operations, and all types of products.
Guides - Technical, Regulatory etc
BAMA Indoor Air Model - Issue 1
Free
The REACH Regulation and the revision to the Aerosol Dispensers Directive (ADD) both require that all chemicals are used in aerosol in a way that does not adversely affect human health. The BAMA Indoor Air Model is a simple but powerful tool, independently validated by experts from BRE who concluded that the Model 'can be used to predict the concentration of aerosol components within a room after a suitable time interval after spraying'.
The Model can be used to rapidly generate predicted concentrations for a wide range of use conditions for spray products. A guide is available that includes generic examples for the data inputs needed to run the Model.
BAMA Indoor Air Model User Guide - Issue 1
£25
The REACH Regulation and the revision to the Aerosol Dispensers Directive (ADD) both require that all chemicals are used in aerosol in a way that does not adversely affect human health. The BAMA Indoor Air Model is a simple but powerful tool, independently validated by experts from BRE who concluded that the Model 'can be used to predict the concentration of aerosol components within a room after a suitable time interval after spraying'.
The Model gives a 'worse case' concentration for the spray where all of the material is available to be breathed in. The Model can be used to rapidly generate predicted concentrations for a wide range of use conditions for spray products.
This guide provides advice, including generic examples for the data inputs on how to run the Model and use it for Chemical Safety Assessments (CSAs) that must be carried out in order to meet the requirements of REACH. The BAMA Indoor Air Model will help companies to model existing formulations and developers to screen new formulations at the laboratory stage. Guidance is provided for Inhalation and Systematic Exposure. Modelling these exposures gives a method for a safety assessment of a spray ingredient by direct comparison of predicted time weighted concentrations with the DNEL (derived no-effect level) developed by the supplier for the Registration of that chemical and reported on the Safety Data Sheet. The latter also allows the user to calculate a dose that is inhaled so that comparisons can be made with data on systemic toxicity if there are no suitable DNELs, or other toxicity data.
Aerosol Advice for Customer Care Lines (2004)
£10.00
This guide has been produced to help customer care lines respond to queries about aerosols.
BAMA Electrostatic Guidelines (1995)
£15.00
General guidelines for the safe production, handling and disposal of aerosols with reference to electrostatic creation. The detail covers controlling the hazard of electrostatic charge, handling and storage, mass disposal of powder-containing packs, disposal of cans in the laboratory and product development.
BAMA Guide to Hot Water Bath Testing and Its Alternatives (2006)
£25.00
This guide is designed to provide advice to ensure that aerosols leaving the aerosol filling operation are safe for transport and sales to the consumer.
BAMA Guide to the International Transport of Aerosols (2007)
£150.00
An invaluable guide to the complex legislation surrounding the transport of aerosols by road/rail, sea or air, this covers both UK and international transport, tremcards, labelling and post. Also included with this guide is our Transport guide which sets out the requirements for preparing aerosols for surface transport under the limited quantity provisions of the surface transport regulations within the UK and continental Europe. It does not deal with the transport by Inland Waterways or with the disposal of faulty or empty aerosols.
BAMA Guide to Retail Disposal of Full or Part Full Aerosols (2002)
Free
A simple guide for retailers on how to dispose of damaged or out of date aerosols (non-leaking and leaking).
BAMA Guide to Retail Storage & Display (2002)
Free
A concise guide giving advice on where and how to store and display aerosols in retail outlets.
BAMA Test Methods (1999)
£150.00
A ring binder containing test methods for the aerosol industry including flammability testing, measurement techniques for components, residues and pressure, long-term storage, electrostatic charge, spray patterns and discharge rates.
Guidance for Recycling Post-Consumer Aerosols (2008)
Free
A guide providing health and safety guidance for inclusion of post-consumer aerosols in recycling schemes, including advice on ventilation, baling, can-flattening and Zoning.
Guide to Packing Filled Aerosols Safely (2005)
£60.00
A comprehensive guide designed to inform those in manufacturing how they should pack aerosols safely for transport and distribution and to promote good practices. The guide includes a framework for the risk assessment of the hazards of packing of filled aerosols that is required by DSEAR. It does not describe in detail the labelling or documentation needed for transporting aerosols. This can be found in the BAMA 'Guide to the International Transport of Aerosols' or Module 5 of The BAMA Standard for Consumer Safety and Good Manufacturing Practice.
Recycling Empty Aerosols from Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Premises (2005)
Free
Intended for professional users only
A guide providing advice on the safe disposal of empty aerosols in industrial, commercial and institutional environments.
Warehouse Safety Posters (set of 6)
£30.00
Dos and don'ts in an aerosol warehouse