Office of Security, Safety and Risk Management
Product or Substance Identification
The name, address and telephone of the company that produced the material is listed in this first section. The date the MSDS was issued and the name of the material or chemical are found here also. The law requires the name of the material on the MSDS to appear exactly the same, including spelling, as on the container.
Many times companies produce many grades or parities of a chemical. They may use a generic MSDS to cover all the grades if they list the various grades on the MSDS. This section usually includes any known synonyms and/or foreign spellings of the chemical.
Most companies also include product numbers, CAS number, and other identifying number in this section.
Some companies include but are not required by law additional information like:
- chemical family;
- molecular formula;
- molecular weight;
- precaution labeling;
- NFPA rating;
- CERCLA ration;
- safety storage code;