Regulation & Compliance
Navigating Global Compliance, Word by Word
Regulation & Compliance Services
Regulatory Compliance
GLTaC offers a regulatory compliance review along with your Safety Data Sheet (SDS) translation request. GLTaC also offers a consumer product label regulatory compliance review, which is offered with your label translation request.
Phrase Sourcing
One of the many ways GLTaC is unique within the language service industry is GLTaC’s ability to help clients identify the correct regulatory reference for a phrase. GLTaC works with clients to ensure the phrase translations are correct and compliant with published Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) regulations worldwide. Finding the correct reference and knowing where to look within a reference is a challenge for many EHS professionals, especially when the target language is unfamiliar to them.
Chemical and Species Names
Chemical and species names are often difficult to translate, requiring as much research effort as a translation effort. GLTaC has experts in the fields of chemistry, biology, and toxicology who are able to correctly translate these uniquely challenging items.
Regulatory Compliance: Safety Data Sheets
The service is especially valuable for companies handling chemicals and hazardous materials in international markets, where both translation accuracy and regulatory compliance are essential for safety and legal requirements.
GLTaC provides integrated SDS translation and compliance review services to ensure documents meet global regulatory requirements. Key services include:
Complete regulatory review across international markets (GHS standards, regional requirements)
Hazard communication verification
Multi-language compliance and technical translation
Industry-specific chemical and safety expertise
Documentation and regulatory support
A typical compliance review takes approximately two hours and ensures:
- Correct format
- Consistent compliance for:
- Classifications
- GHS Localizations
- Occupational Exposure Limits
- Listed or Not Listed Status on local inventories
- Technical accuracy
- Readability
- Consistent terminology
All Safety Data Sheet regulatory compliance reviews are conducted through collaboration between GLTaC and regulatory experts, ensuring the highest quality standards in both translation and compliance.
This comprehensive approach helps companies:
Maintain global regulatory compliance
Ensure accurate hazard communication
Meet local market requirements
Maintain consistent terminology across languages
Reduce liability risks through accurate documentation
Regulatory Compliance: Consumer Product Labels
GLTaC combines regulatory compliance reviews with label translation to ensure products meet legal requirements across markets. Key services include:
- Comprehensive regulatory review across different markets (FDA, EU, CPSC)
- Verification of mandatory label elements (product info, warnings, instructions)
- Multi-language compliance and translation quality assurance
- Industry-specific expertise (food, cosmetics, chemicals, electronics)
- Documentation and ongoing compliance support
A typical compliance review takes approximately two hours and ensures:
- Correct format
- Required data
- Consumer product label regulatory requirements are met for the target country¹
All consumer product label regulatory compliance reviews are conducted through a collaboration between GLTaC and Pace Analytical regulatory experts, combining expertise in both translation and regulatory compliance.
This integrated approach helps clients avoid non-compliance risks while ensuring accurate translations for global markets. The service is particularly valuable for companies selling products internationally where both translation accuracy and regulatory compliance are crucial.
¹Label regulatory requirements may not apply to all countries.
GHS Revision 7:
OSHA's Final Rule to Amend the Hazard Communication Standard
The time is now to align with Revision 7 of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).
GHS, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, was developed by the United Nations as a way to bring into agreement the chemical regulations and standards of different countries. GHS includes criteria for the classification of health, physical and environmental hazards, as well as specifying what information should be included on labels of hazardous chemicals as well as safety data sheets.
OSHA has issued a final rule that updates the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align primarily with the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The final rule was published on May 20, 2024 and takes effect on July 19, 2024.
OSHA Fact Sheet: Final Rule Modifying the HCS to Maintain Alignment with the GHS
Latest News: ON DEMAND OHS Hazcom Webinar
HazCom Webinar:
Navigating GHS Alignment in North America
With both Canada and the U.S. updating their hazard communication regulations to GHS Revision 7, this webinar explores the critical similarities and key regulatory differences that may impact the feasibility of a single SDS and label across both countries. Attendees will gain expert insights into Trade Secrets, PHNOC/HHNOC classifications, SDS content variations, language requirements, and transition timelines—plus practical strategies to navigate compliance challenges on both sides of the border.
Canadian Compliance Expertise
As a Canadian consultant specializing in domestic regulations, Dr. Luc Seguin delivers comprehensive chemical regulatory compliance solutions that transform obligations into competitive advantages. He provides meticulously crafted documentation, precision labeling, and strategic product registration with particular expertise in Canadian requirements while also supporting North American and European markets—ensuring your products meet all regulatory demands wherever you operate.
