China national standard GB15258-2009 rules at item 4.2.7 that ‘24h emergency telephone number for chemical accidents which are operated/entrusted by the (Chinese) manufacturer shall be shown on Safety Label’, ‘on the Safety Label of any imported chemicals, there shall be at least one 24h emergency telephone number which is located in China, for chemical accidents.’

And, SAWS Order No. 53 ‘Measures for the Administration of Hazardous Chemical Registration’ (reference:  www.randis.cn/html/ywb/Ewxhxpdj_258_68.asp ) rules that hazardous chemical products produced/imported shall be registered to China Registration Offices before the manufacture/import, and a qualified 24h emergency telephone number shall be provided when making the registration. Item 22 of the Order rules that ‘if the manufacturer is not able to provide qualified 24h emergency telephone service, it should be entrusted to Registration Office’, ‘hazardous chemical importers should provide its own 24h emergency telephone service, or entrust the 24h emergency telephone service to registration office or to import agent, and the 24h emergency telephone number be shown on safety label of the imported hazardous chemicals’.

China National Registration Center for Chemicals (NRCC) is responsible for the management and maintenance of China emergency consulting hot line for chemical accidents (0532-83889090), as designated by China State Administration of Workplace Safety (SAWS). The hot line is available 7X 24, and a group of 20 professionals with relevant education or working background in chemistry, chemical industry, environment, industrial health and pharmacy work on duty by shifts.

Randis is designated Agent of NRCC for authorizing companies all over the world to use NRCC’s 24h emergency telephone number with preferential prices.

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