IBC and Bio/Infectious Substances
Transport Canada (TC) published information on some significant changes to the latest editions of standards for design/manufacture/use of packaging for bio/infectious substances and Intermediate bulk containers (IBC); CGSB-43.125-2016 and CGSB-43.146-2016 respectively.
Moving Forward
The notices are presumably to give advance warning of changes to ambulatory (“dynamic”) references as indicated in the CG (Canada Gazette) I “International Harmonization Amendment” to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR) expected, according to usually reliable sources, to be formalized by publication in the July 12 edition of CGII.
See also the author’s earlier Blog on the CGI proposal
These will replace the currently references, in TDGR Part 1.3.1, to the 2002 and 1999 editions respectively. TDGR 5.16 will also be amended as the information appears in the 2016 edition of CGSB-43.125.
Summaries Available
Transport Canada qualifies their information, cautioning the regulated community to carefully read the standards themselves to ensure they are aware of all changes as some may not be covered in the TC summaries. Although not mentioned directly in this TC material, rumour (again the “usually reliable sources”) has it that there will be a 6-month transition to comply with new editions of revised standards that have ambulatory references in the July 12 amendment.
The summaries highlighting changes in the standards are available on the TC website:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/dangerous-goods/notification-standard-update-significant-changes-can-cgsb-43125-1999-can-cgsb-43125-2016
https://tc.canada.ca/en/dangerous-goods/significant-changes-can-cgsb-43146-2002-can-cgsb-43146-2016
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