Product Hazards Requiring Tactile Warning Labels
If products are supplied to the general public that contains hazardous substances they need a tactile warning of danger attached to their packaging. The table below gives an overview of the different hazards that need tactile warnings of danger.
Table: Overview of hazards that trigger tactile warnings
Hazard Criteria |
| Acute toxicity (category 1 to 3) |
| Acute toxicity (category 4) |
| STOT single exposure (category 1) |
| STOT single exposure (category 2) |
| STOT repeated exposure (category 1) |
| STOT repeated exposure (category 2) |
| Skin corrosion (category 1A, 1B and 1C) |
| Respiratory sensitisation (category 1) |
| Aspiration hazard (category 1)* |
| Not aerosols or if in container with sealed spray attachment |
| Aspiration hazard (category 1) |
| Germ cell mutagenicity (category 2) |
| Carcinogenicity (category 2) |
| Reproductive toxicity (category 2) |
| Flammable gases (category 1 and 2) |
| Flammable liquids (category 1 and 2) |
| Flammable solids (category 1 and 2) |
| Note 1. This provision does not apply to aerosols which are only classified and labelled as "extremely flammable aerosols" or "flammable aerosols". |
