GB/T 36420-2018Tissue paper and products—Safety assessment management system of chemicals and materials (English PDF)

2.1 Safety assessment

to assess the impact of chemicals and raw materials used by tissue paper and product manufacturers on consumers for the purpose of achieving product health and safety

3.1 Supplier evaluation of chemicals and raw materials

3.1.1 Basic requirements

3.1.1.1 Suppliers of tissue paper and product chemicals shall meet the following requirements.

- provide quality certification information for chemicals;

- provide chemical safety data sheet (MSDS); if the supplier is unable to provide the MSDS, a chemical ingredient list and safety certificate shall be provided, the list shall contain information on the chemical composition, such as the name of the chemical, the CAS number, etc.

3.1.1.2 Suppliers of raw materials for tissue paper and products shall meet the following requirements.

- provide quality certification information for raw materials;

- provide proof of safety for raw materials.

3.1.2 Comprehensive assessment

Enterprise shall conduct comprehensive assessment of suppliers from the aspects of product quality, delivery ability, technical level, and product qualification rate. For suppliers that fail to evaluate, a phase-out or improvement mechanism shall be adopted. For qualified suppliers, they should be included in the list of qualified suppliers.

3.2 Safety assessment of chemicals and raw materials

3.2.1 Establish a safety assessment team

Enterprise shall establish a safety assessment team. The team shall be composed of middle and senior managers and relevant technical personnel.

The assessment team members shall be familiar with the contents of the safety management system, understand the safety risks of chemicals, and be familiar with the production process of the company.

3.2.2 Safety assessment

3.2.2.1 Chemical safety assessment

3.2.2.1.1 Enterprise shall use chemicals that have low safety risks and do not cause harm to human health within the foreseeable range. Safety assessment team shall conduct safety assessment for each chemical used in household tissue paper and products.

3.2.2.1.2 The safety assessment team may refer to Annexes A, A.1, A.2 and Annexes B, B.1 for safety evaluation of chemicals and form an evaluation report.

3.2.2.1.3 For chemicals that can be used for production after safety assessment, a chemical use list and chemical use process documents shall be developed.

3.2.2.1.4 The safety assessment team may refer to A.3 and B.2 to develop product quality specifications.

3.2.2.2 Safety assessment of raw materials

3.2.2.2.1 Enterprise shall not use toxic and hazardous materials to produce household tissue paper and products. Tissue paper, kitchen paper towels, sanitary napkins (pads), diapers (sheets, pads) and wipes shall not use recycling raw materials. Toilet paper, paper towels can use recycled fiber raw materials, but shall not use discarded household paper, medical paper and packaging paper. Deinking shall be carried out on recycled paper prints. […]

3.6 Use of chemicals and raw materials

3.6.1 Use of chemicals

Each chemical shall have a corresponding use of the process documentation (see 3.2.2.1.3). Staff shall be familiar with these documents and use them in strict accordance with the requirements of the documents, and record the amount of chemicals used in each batch according to the production situation.

3.6.2 Use of raw materials

The use of raw materials shall be based on the assessment results of 3.2.2.2.2. Use safe raw materials.

3.7 Product inspection

The enterprise shall inspect the product at least once a year to ensure that the product meets the product quality specifications (see 3.2.2.1.4).

3.8 Traceability

The enterprise shall establish an auditing procedure and traceability mechanism for the use of chemicals and raw materials to ensure that the chemicals and raw materials used in the products are traceable from procurement and use to products.