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One million successful poison centre notifications now submitted29 June 2021

Companies have now successfully submitted more than 1 million notifications to the poison centres notification database. With a unique formula identifier in each notification, EU poison centres now have more accurate information to give immediate medical advice when someone is accidentally exposed to a hazardous mixture.

  • 28 April 2021 Updated IT tools for poison centre notifications
    IUCLID has been updated with new features for companies preparing notifications to poison centres. The new features include free text information to complement the picklist options available in IUCLID, and a new ‘dossier viewer’ that helps users compile notification information into an easy-to-view, web-based report before submitting. More improvements to the tool are foreseen in May for users preparing their notifications online.
  • 11 March 2021 Webinar on poison centre notification: best practice from start to market
    If you missed our webinar on 31 March on how to prepare poison centre notifications, the recording is available online. Watch the recording or take a look at the presentations and the supporting material.
  • 25 February 2021 Poison centre guidance updated to help companies notify
    The Guidance on harmonised information relating to emergency health response has been updated. It now covers practical solutions introduced in the second amendment of Annex VIII to CLP. The updated guidance covers both sector-specific and cross-sector solutions.
  • 12 January 2021 New requirements take effect: notify in the harmonised format and include a UFI on the label
    Since 1 January 2021, importers and downstream users are obligated to notify their mixtures in a harmonised format and unique formula identifiers (UFIs) must be included on mixture labels. This is an important change for companies placing hazardous mixtures on the market.
  • 17 December 2020 Wishing you a safe & happy holiday!
    ECHA will be closed from 24 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. Our IT support & applications will remain open. Our contact forms will be monitored but resume normal operation on 4 January.