The national standard "Specification for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals Part 1: General Rules" (GB 30000.1-2024) will officially come into effect on August 1, 2025, fully replacing the "General Rules for Classification and Hazard Disclosure of Chemicals" (GB 13690-2009). This revision is the second major update since its first release in 1992, and is consistent with the technical content related to the eighth revised edition of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
▶ Standard Introduction:
Compared with GB 13690-2009, in addition to structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes of the new standard GB 30000.1-2024 are summarized as follows:
1. Adjust the scope of application
The new standard clearly does not apply to intentionally ingested drugs, food additives, cosmetics, and residual pesticides in food. However, if workers may come into contact with or potentially come into contact with them during transportation, they still need to follow the provisions of the new standard.
2. Update terminology and definitions
Delete 4 terms and definitions such as "chemical name" and add 64 terms and definitions such as "alloy" (see Appendix A, Chapter 3 of the 2009 edition).
3. Add hazard classification
Add the category of desensitized explosives in physical hazards (see 4.1.1).
4. Simplify Appendix Content
Delete the informative Appendix A "Examples of Preventive Instructions" (see Appendix A of the 2009 version);
• Add informative Appendix A "Definitions and Abbreviations Defined in GHS" (see Appendix A);
Delete the informative Appendix B "Pictogram of Protective Measures" (see Appendix B of the 2009 edition);
Delete the informative Appendix C "GHS Label Sample" (see Appendix C of the 2009 version);
Delete the informative Appendix D "Minimum Information for Safety Data Sheets" (see Appendix D of the 2009 version).
5 Chemical Safety Labels
• Improve the coding of hazard instructions and prevention instructions, and provide a basis for whether coding is mandatory when preparing the "one book, one signature" document;
Add a statement on the order of hazard allocation, providing a basis for selecting hazard statements for aquatic hazards, skin corrosion, and eye damage;
Add label requirements for small packaging;
The technical specification for tactile warnings has been updated to "GB/T 35929".
6. Requirements for adjusting individual critical values/concentration limits
For example, adding "Inhalation hazard category 1 ≥ 1.0%" and "Inhalation hazard category 2 ≥ 1.0%"; The critical value/concentration limit for respiratory sensitization/skin sensitization has been adjusted from "≥ 1.0%" to "≥ 0.1%"
