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Guide to the Recall or Withdrawal of Aerosol Consumer Products (2009)
£75
This Guide has been renamed the BAMA Guide to the Recall or Withdrawal of Aerosol Consumer Products and is the 3rd edition of BAMA guidance on the subject. Under the General Product Safety Directive companies must be in a position to carry out corrective action if a consumer product is found to be unsafe. While there is plenty of useful general guidance now available on product recall there are frequently specific issues to address concerning the recall of aerosols. This Guide gives practical aerosol-specific advice based on actual experience of aerosol product recalls, including checklists of actions and how to inform the supply chain right up to the consumer. It also summarises the general regulatory requirements and gives details of where to access further detailed information and how to inform the authorities.
This edition of the Guide is available only as an electronic document. It includes an interactive risk assessment tool which can help companies assess the severity of the problem, decide on the most appropriate action and how to carry it out.
The Guide incorporates and replaces the Product Recall module of the BAMA Standard for Consumer Safety and Good Manufacturing Practice (issue 3).
BAMA Guide to Hot Water Bath Testing and Its Alternatives
£50.00
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 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
£50
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.
BAMA Electrostatic Guidelines
£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.
Aerosol Advice for Customer Care Lines
£50.00
This guide has been produced to help customer care lines respond to queries about aerosols.
BAMA Guide to DSEAR
Available to MEMBERS ONLY
This BAMA guide to DSEAR concentrates on the areas of specific interest to the aerosol industry. Written by an ad hoc working group of members, it is intended to supplement the UK Regulations and ACoPs. It aims to provide a framework for a sector-specific risk assessment of aerosol filling and offer advice on the general safety measures which can be taken to reduce risks.
BAMA Guide to the PPC Regulations and Aerosol Filling
Available to MEMBERS ONLY
This Guide provides advice on the applicability of the PPC Regulation to aerosol filling and describes in general terms the requirements placed on operators with an activity within the scope of the Regulations. This Guide also gives advice on what pre-work to undertake in preparation for preliminary meetings with enforcement inspectors to discuss the applicability of the PPC Regulations to your operations.
BAMA Chemical Tox Profiles
The BAMA Chemical Tox Profile Summaries are a series of reports presenting the hazard potential of a number of chemical ingredients used in aerosol products, with particular emphasis given to discussion of potential effects following inhalation or dermal exposure. While it is anticipated that these reviews will be of general interest and application, they have been developed with a view to providing a summary of the publicly available data (at the time of writing) that will need to be considered by suppliers and downstream users when conducting the Chemical Safety Assessment of the chemical as required by REACH.
All Chemical Tox Profiles have been complied for BAMA by The Institute of Environment and Health (IEH).
The Institute of Environment and Health (IEH) was established at Cranfield University in November 2005. The research and consultancy activities of the Institute are principally funded through specific grants, contracts and awards by UK Government Departments and Agencies.
Acetone - CAS No. 67-64-1
£200
Citric Acid - CAS Nos. 77-92-9 & 5949-29-1
£200
Dimethyl Ether – CAS No. 115-10-6
£200
Ethanol - CAS No. 64-17-5
£200
Linalool - CAS Nos. 78-76-6, 126-90-9 & 126-91-0
£200
Butane, Iso-butane, Propane & LPG - CAS Nos. 106-97-8, 75-28-5, 74-98-6, 68476-86-8 & 68512-91-4
£200
n-Pentane - CAS No. 109-66-0
£200
Iso-pentane - CAS No. 78-78-4
£200
Propan-2-ol - CAS No. 67-63-0
£200
Sodium Benzoate - CAS No. 532-31-1
£200
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) - CAS No. 10024-97-2
£200
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - CAS No. 124-38-9
£200
Kerosene - CAS No. 8008-20-6
£200
