Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

10.35 (1) Subject to sections 10.37 to 10.39, each controlled product, other than a controlled product referred to in paragraph 10.31(1)(c), in a work place and each container in which the controlled product is contained in a work place shall, if the controlled product or the container is received from a supplier,

• (a) in the case where the controlled product is in a bulk shipment, be accompanied by a supplier label;

• (b) in the case where the employer has undertaken in writing to apply a label to the inner container of the controlled product, have applied to it a supplier label, as soon as possible after the controlled product is received from the supplier; and

• (c) in any other case, have applied to it a supplier label.

(2) Subject to sections 10.37 to 10.39 and 10.42, where a controlled product, other than a controlled product referred to in paragraph 10.31(1)(c), is received from a supplier and an employer places the controlled product in the work place in a container, other than the container in which it was received from the supplier, the employer shall apply to the container a supplier label or a work place label that discloses the information referred to in paragraphs 10.41(a) to (c).

(3) Subject to sections 10.41 and 10.42, no person shall remove, deface, modify or alter the supplier label applied to

• (a) a controlled product that is in the work place; or

• (b) the container of a controlled product that is in the work place.

10.36 (1) Subject to sections 10.37 to 10.39, where an employer produces a controlled product in a work place, other than a fugitive emission, or imports into Canada and brings into a work place, a controlled product, and the controlled product is not in a container, the employer shall disclose the following information on a work place label applied to the controlled product or on a sign posted in a conspicuous place in the work place:

• (a) the product identifier;

• (b) the hazard information in respect of the controlled product; and

• (c) a statement indicating that a work place material safety data sheet for the controlled product is available in the work place.

(2) Subject to sections 10.37 and 10.39, where an employer produces a controlled product in the work place, other than a fugitive emission, or imports into Canada and brings into the work place a controlled product, and places the controlled product in a container, the employer shall apply to the container a work place label that discloses the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of a controlled product that is

• (a) intended for export, if the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) is disclosed on a sign posted in a conspicuous place in the work place; or

• (b) packaged in a container and offered for sale in Canada, if the container is or is in the process of being appropriately labelled for that purpose.