Products with hazardous chemicals to be labelled from January

All chemical products containing hazardous substances will be obliged to have a unique formula identifier (UFI) code as of January 1, 2025, the labour inspection department announced on Monday.

According to data gathered from European poison centres, for about 40 per cent of calls it is impossible to quickly identify the chemical that caused an accident or poisoning.

The UFI code was created to solve this problem, with manufacturers and suppliers being obliged as of January...