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What are the differences between consumer and WHMIS labels?

April 26, 2017consumer differences labels WHMIS

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What are the differences between consumer and WHMIS labels?

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Consumer labels apply to restricted products, which are grouped into 4 classes; poisonous, corrosive, flammable and explosive. WHMIS labels apply to controlled products, which are grouped into 6 hazard classes The most obvious difference is that WHMIS labels have the pictorial symbol(s) contained in a circular border, whereas the labels for consumer (restricted) products (and also pesticides) have the symbols contained inside an inverted triangle, diamond or octagon – depending on the degree of hazard. In addition, a WHMIS label must have a hatch-mark border around all of the required information.