ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association

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12 OPERATIONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT OPERATIONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE Jim Hathaway Steve Curl (Chairman) Solvitol Ltd Beiersdorf UK Ltd Paul Jackson (Secretary) BAMA Wayne Bailey L’Oreal (UK) Ltd Martin Castle Pira International David Crowsley Wella (UK) Ltd Ian Davies (until Dec 2005) Procter & Gamble UK Ltd Vince East Hydrokem Aerosols Ltd Christopher Hines Shell Gas Ltd Zaf Iqbal Reabrook Ltd Paul Johns Swallowfield plc Peter Marriott ColepCCL UK Ltd Gerry McArdle Aerosol Products Ltd Dominic Moone Unilever UK Home & Personal Care Sue Rogers BAMA Paul Sullivan DH Industries Ltd Bob Thompson Procter & Gamble UK Ltd Andrew Walker Gillette (UK) Ltd Peter Watmough Precision Valve (UK) Ltd Operational Safety The Operational Safety Committee was formed in 2005 as a result of the reorganisation of the BAMA committee structure. Within our remit we have all manufacturing and distribution safety issues and the difficult area of Transport of Dangerous Goods. Therefore most members have a manufacturing or distribution background and come from the previous Technical Committee and working groups on Warehouse Safety and DSEAR that performed so successfully in the past to protect our industry and our employees. As a Committee we hope to maintain the enviable BAMA reputation for providing authoritative and thorough advice to our members and the respect that we have earned from authorities like the HSE and Department for Transport (DfT). We are now aligned to the FEA committee structure and our mission is clear, to support our members on Operational Safety matters. During 2005, regulations to implement ADR/RID 2005 were put in place in the UK. This cleared away UK specific legislation and brought us into line with much of the rest of the world. BAMA is working with the DfT to develop a code of practice for how companies may apply for authorisation to implement an alternative to the hot water bath test before this facility becomes fully available by law in 2007. The Committee is watching developments carefully regarding proposed restrictions to the Limited Quantity concept. With the constant and much valued support of Martin Castle of Pira International and through FEA, BAMA is in a strong position to positively influence the outcome of these discussions. The 3rd edition of the BAMA Guide to the Safe Warehousing of Aerosols was published in May; many thanks to the working group who brought this together. of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (PPC) on the aerosol industry. After careful negotiation with Environment Agency inspectors, BAMA was able to steer a path through the legislation that largely excluded the core of the industry from the regime. A guide was speedily published for members towards the end of the year; many thanks to the Working Group for this success. It is with regret that we say goodbye to Ian Davies who has left the aerosol industry to pursue his career elsewhere. Work to develop a test method for accidental actuation through applying a top load continued. In Europe, the FEA expressed an interest in adopting this work with a view to creating a standard for the industry. The Committee also started looking at suitable ways to measure the effectiveness and performance of safety management systems. This was as a direct result of the comments from the Association of British Insurers who said that the BAMA Standard is a useful document but needed to be validated through measurement. One area that has potential and is being studied is the web-based health and safety performance indicator tools recently published by HSE. The Committee has also been active in the development of a project to study the effectiveness of High Expansion Foam to extinguish aerosol fires in warehouses. A Project has been initiated through FEA and a consortium of industry members is being created to manage this activity. BAMA, through its Operational Safety Committee, is helping with the development of the project and the creating of the consortium. During the year, a Working Group was formed under the chairmanship of Ian Davies to look at the impact
PACKAGING & CONTENTS COMMITTEE REPORT 13 PACKAGING & CONTENTS COMMITTEE Paul Bayley (Chairman) Swallowfield plc Sue Rogers (Secretary) BAMA John Allan USC Europe (UK) Ltd David Billington Reabrook Ltd Geoff Brown Crown Aerosols Europe Natalie Bullock Gillette Management Inc Colin Butler SC Johnson Ltd Jim Coles Cebal UK Ltd Erin Corstanje Coster Aerosols Ltd Nick Coulter Unilever UK Home & Personal Care Andy Dawson Reabrook Ltd Karen Duff Unilever Research & Development Robert Fell USC Europe (UK) Ltd Jerome Gourbeault Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd Patrick Heskins Seaquist Perfect Dispensing Ltd Deborah Hotchkiss SC Johnson EurAFNE Paul Jackson BAMA Nigel Jackson Precision Valve (UK) Ltd Tim Knight Solvitol Ltd Anita Lockyer Rentokil Initial plc Margaret McCaw Aerosol Products Ltd Kathy Rogerson Procter & Gamble UK Peter Serby Summit Europe cv Andrew Taylor James Briggs Ltd Rod Thrippleton ColepCCL UK Ltd Berry Van Soest Boxal Netherlands Packaging & Contents This was the first year of operation for the Packaging and Contents Committee since it was formed by the amalgamation of the previous Regulatory Affairs and Technical Committees. Activity for the year concentrated on the proposed amendment to the Aerosol Directive and associated issues. AEROSOL DISPENSERS DIRECTIVE (ADD) At the beginning of 2005 the European Commission agreed to proceed with the proposed amendment to ADD under the procedure for Adaptation to Technical Progress. Good progress has been made during the year and most of industry’s proposals look likely to be included in the amendment. During the consultation with Member States and the public consultation phase of the process, some suggestions were made which would have been unhelpful to industry but these have been largely rejected by the Commission. One or two items remain outstanding but we are confident there will be a satisfactory outcome and the process should be completed during 2006. PRESCRIBED QUANTITIES (RANGES) DIRECTIVE (PQD) The Commission continued with the process of repealing this piece of legislation. This is an important issue for the aerosol industry as it permits the declaration of contents by volume only for the majority of aerosol products which is the preferred approach for most marketers. Article 8 of ADD requires declaration of contents by weight and volume and this part of the Directive cannot be amended under the ATP procedure. This would require amendment via a co-decision process involving the European Parliament which can be very protracted, so we are anxious to avoid following this route. Thus the maintenance of PQD in some form is important to the aerosol industry. The Commission is sympathetic to our case and although the situation is somewhat confused at present, we are hopeful that the issue will be resolved to our satisfaction. PLASTIC AEROSOLS At present, ADD is not aligned with the regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (ADR/RID) for plastic aerosols, in that the former only allows a maximum capacity of 220ml whereas the latter allows a capacity up to 500ml. At this stage, FEA does not consider there is sufficient safety information to support an increase in size to 500ml within ADD, so a Task Force has been set up to review the situation and generate the required data.
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