Document 852OeO4mRKJkOyNykOEM00Roe

/ ''00 below 1.1. CTOSO Hoalth 8 tofrtr at vor*: oU, :t ITT* January 28, 1975 Aaong the K^dltlon&l duties lnpoeod by the Health and Safety at Uoitc eto. Aot with effcot fxoa lot April 1975 lo that contained In Section 6.'thereby canafooturora and supplier* er required to oke ewailablo to oaetcaers adequate lnfomation to ensure that produeto will bo safe cad without risk to health when proparly used. . Buely action is oallci for is thle oonneotlca in view'of the coed to prepare and pooalbly print tbo warnings and lnfozsatlda required ouplod with the feet that It ie our Intention to eook, through the relevant trado aseoeiattone, tho adoption of tendnrd praetieee whorover pooolble. 1 know that in eaao caceo Individual Croup Caspanioo have already * elvan ocoaldorution tr the notion required under Seotlea 6 and the po.-ncoe of thie note ie to bring you 19 to dato with the way in whlah we Wlewe the Peebles aheuld be tackled. At the seae tlao, thought hae been given to the peeslble need to label certain products, the see of whlah night give rise te health risks. OwieiaITj. these questions have been aioneldered in relation to aabaetea and oabeetaa baaed produeto. Kh tho eaee of Companies Pboo* produeto givo rlso to different hntaede other proeeduree will hove te ho ooneldered. trrtlsn g. the Aaboetoo Infosatlen Coealttce (AIC), ie already eonolderlng a proposal that the aebootoo lndaotqr should be advised to adopt a paragraph along tho following linos (uodlflcd as appropriate to take oooount of the particular natcrlals oonoo&ed la each aaeo) for Inolualon in ealeo 11torntare end as a poetaodpt to Condltlone of Sale. Z chould bo grateful for your ecensnts so that Cape'e reproaontatlvoe on the AIC can bo oortala that all Capo Conponloa' views art adequately taken Into eecount*~ Health iM Safety at Vo*, eto. Act 197* VAB7TTO (Base of produot) (contains { Aebootoo Clnooiporatci) and la eorrvwi with ell ccibaetoo b?.=od satorlols lo subjeot to the roqulscaants of the Aobootoa Escalations 19$9 cad the Health and Uafoty et Work eto. Aot. 1974. Page 2/.... Certain operations with such aatorlala require precautions to bo taken tnoure that the/ will to safe and without rlaka to health when properly used. toe publications of the Asbestoele teeeereh Coons!' WMeh deeexlba theee pf&wutlona een to obtained dlreot tnm the towlree--itel Control Ceanlttoe of the Counell, lli Perk titroot, harden V.l. or fzoa (nasae of Mnafeeturlng ooapeagr)." leetlon IS (2). Schedule 5. Turaoraph 1 (4) theee prowlelana enable the 3eoreta7 of State to aake regulations requiring the labelling of any aubstonoe. Uhile it is unlikely that thle power will be exercised oa the let April 1975, it ie known that aatootoa lo high on tbo liet of mbetaneee regarded by the tootoy Ihepeetomte ae dangerous in tbo uotkplaeo and accordingly aatootoa pzodueto aro thought likely to to .the subject of e lr.bolling obli^tloa at a fairly early date. too AIC believes that It would to vie# for the oabeet^a industry to 'aotlelpate the likely legal requiresant by the intr*hiction of e label at tola otago in e tvm which it toliovee will reduce eljpalfloantly too took of toe lagholtlon of e label, probably in a none alramlag otyle, hr legislative action. Zt la eerpetefl that tbo label tonuld inorrporete a eyebol (specteen attaobed), toe purpose of whlek la to eetnbUto a universally assagai ceM a yabol denoting aebeetoe oontant In a lees prejudicial wrnmmt toea that adopted, for exzaple, to toe Oounoll of Buevs for toado eubetenoie. Zt should, in addition, ear13 ene or a ooubinatloa of the follovlac etooaltionei- m HI2EZES v Avoid Croatia duet. _ Contains aotootes fibres. jtPMthlng aebeetoe duet nay oauee serious dlssnwo. wording already appoare on labels in uee by various abootoe fibre produoeru thzov^out the world. hill yen ploaoe let ae toow your views with re^rd to the font of the psepocod label and to the -recesaandatloo that labelling be lnrr>tuocd in toe ease of aobootoe psoduote at an early stage notwithstanding the atoaeae of a current legal require*ant. A.A. Croee Oreee Consultant for ftwrIrPHemtjtl gontrol AAfl/pad