MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) is a chemical safety statement, which can also be translated as Chemical Safety Technical Sheet or Chemical Safety Data Sheet. It is a document used by chemical manufacturers and importers to state the physical and chemical properties of chemicals (such as PH value, flash point, flammability, reactivity, etc.) and the possible hazards to the user's health (e.g., carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, etc.). In European countries, MSDS is also known as Safety Technical/Data Sheet SDS (Safety Data sheet). The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 11014 uses the term SDS, however the United States, Canada, Australia and many Asian countries use the term MSDS.

Differences between MSDS and SDS [1]

Definition

SDS: SDS is an acronym for Safety Data Sheet, i.e. Safety Data Sheet/Safety Instructions, which is defined in Appendix II of the REACH Regulation (Directive EC 1907/2006), which was amended in May 2010 by Directive 453/2010.

MSDS: MSDS is an acronym for Material Safety Data Sheet, i.e.: Material Safety Data Sheet/Substance Safety Data Sheet. There are many standards on the development of MSDS, mainly those developed by GHS, ANSI, ISO, OSHA, and WHMIS.

Contents

SDS: The main content includes 16 parts, including information on the chemical and company, hazard identification, composition information, first aid measures, fire prevention measures, leakage measures, handling and storage, exposure control, physical and chemical properties, toxicological information, ecotoxicological information, waste disposal measures, transportation information, regulatory information and other information.

Note: 1. For REACH registered substances, the registration number must be provided on the SDS. 2.

2. ES (Exposure Scenario) must be added as an attachment to the SDS for hazardous substances with an annual sales volume of more than 10 tons.

3. If the substance or preparation is subjected to CSA (Chemical Safety Assessment), the contents of the SDS and ES must be consistent with the information in the CSA.

MSDS: The 16-item format of MSDS has been used for the most part

The MSDS formulated by OSHA has 8 items: manufacturer and product information, composition information, physical and chemical properties, combustion and explosion data, reactivity data, health hazard data, safe handling and use, and protective measures.

The MSDS formulated by WHMIS has 9 items: manufacturer and product information, composition information, physical and chemical properties, combustion and explosion data, reactivity data, toxicological properties, precautionary measures, first aid measures, and other information.

Applicable objects

SDS:

1. Hazardous substances classified with reference to Regulation 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC or substances in PBT/vPvB or SVHC;

2. Mixtures not classified as hazardous, but containing >1% by weight of non-gaseous substances and >0.2% by volume of gases of a substance hazardous to human health or the environment;

3. a solid or liquid mixture not classified as hazardous (e.g. non-gas mixture) but containing a substance in PBT or vPvB or SVHC at a weight percentage of ≥ 0.1%;

Notes:

PBT: persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic persistent bioaccumulative toxic substance

vPvB: very persistent and very bioaccumulative highly accumulative, highly persistent substance

SVHC: substance of very high conern Substance of very high concern

MSDS:

1. The substances in the classification of dangerous goods in each country, although the regulations are different in each country, are usually the following 9 categories of dangerous goods:

Category 1 Explosives

Category 2 Compressed and liquefied gases

Category 3 Flammable liquids

Category 4 Flammable solids, natural substances and substances flammable in contact with moisture

Category 5 Oxidizers and organic peroxides

Category 6 Toxic and infectious substances

Category 7 Radioactive substances

Category 8 Corrosives

Category 9 Miscellaneous

2. Non-hazardous single substances or mixtures

With the increasingly strict import and export management, as well as the factories to improve the product management water quality, many daily ordinary products are also required to provide MSDS reports. The most common ones are plastic products, hardware products, packaging materials and so on.