LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SAFETY

Preview This section provides a brief overview of the laws and regulations pertaining to safety and chemicals in the laboratory. 

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Laws are a set of rules established by an authority - our government (federal, state, local). These are established for the common good of our people and are usually broad documents that express the desired outcome. Regulations are the specific set of requirements established to carry out the details of an established law. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was the law established by Congress to provide protection for workers in American workplaces. Its purpose was to provide a safe and healthful workplace for every man and woman in our nation. This law was assigned to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established to carry out the law. OSHA set up regulations under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to administer the law (See Speeial Topie 1.3.3.1.). In the CFR the DOL is assigned to 29 CFR and the occupational safety and health regulations are found under Part 1910. 

Laboratory Srrfetyfor Chemistry Students, Second Edition. Robert H. Hill, Jr. and David C. Finster. 2016 John Wiley Sons, Inc. Published 2016 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

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The determination of acesulfame-K, cyclamate, and saccharin individually or simultaneously with other artificial sweeteners and/or other food additives in foods, soft drinks, and tabletop sweeteners is very important for legal, health, and consumer safety aspects. Thus, reliable, simple, fast, sensitive, accurate, and robust analytical methods using low-cost equipment are essential to protect human health, meet the requirement to ensure product quality, and support the compliance and enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to food safety. Flow analysis is shown to be a powerful analytical tool for the automated determination of acesulfame-K, cyclamate, and saccharin in food samples, and it is an interesting alternative for use in sweetener determinations when only one analyte is determined in a large number of samples. In the last few years, flow analysis... 

Although the detail is beyond the scope of this monograph, pharmacists should also be aware of other laws and regulations impacting pharmacy-based laboratory testing. Many states have their own laws regulating laboratory quality and professional competency." In addition, there are Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards pertaining to laboratory... 

Maintains a file of all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, standards, and codes related to safety and health pertaining to the organization. 

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