Substances of Very High Concern are classified according to the REACH regulation as
- Carcinogenic or Mutagenic or Toxic for reproduction (CMR category 1 or 2 )
- Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic or very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative ( REACH Annex XIII)
- Substances of an equivalent level of concern by case-by-case evaluation e.g. endocrine disruptors
The Member State Competent Authorities and the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) progressively identify substances of very high concern.
The outcome of the official indentification process is the so-called candidate list, which is available under the following link
Archroma is following this identification process very closely and continuously evaluates the products according to the most recently identified substances of very high concern.
If any substance listed as a Substance of very high concern (SVHC on Annex XIV list ) or in the SVHC candidate list, is present (>1% w/w) in our products, this is mentioned in chapter3 and / or as well in chapter 15 of the corresponding EU Safety Data Sheet.
The saety Data SHeet (SDS) is the standard communication tool for safety issues such as SVHC.
Any charge will be communicateed immediately to our current customers via upate of the Safety Data Sheet.