MSDS is called as Material Safety Data Sheet.In European Countries,MSDS is also called as SDS(Safety Data Sheet).International Standardization Organization (ISO)11014 adopts SDS terms.However,the United State,Canada,Australia and lots of Asian countries adopt MSDS terms.

MSDS is a kind of comprehensive legal document on chemical features to customer offered by producing or selling enterprise according to legal requirement.lt offers sixteen sections including physical/chmical properties,flammability,hazards identification,handling and storage,accidental release measures,first aid measures and regulatory information.Presently International Programme on Chemical Safety compiles a document similar to MSDS,namely International Chemical Safety Card(ICSC).ICSC likes MSDS introduce relative health and safety application information of chemicals.So far,1,300 chemicals possess ICSC.Except for English,ICSC has been translated into other 13 languages.However,Icsc han no chemical management acts from govemmental institutes,at the same time,some R-Phrases are not available in lots of countries.So ICSC is not a legal document,and cannot take the place of MSDS circulating internationally.

MSDS position in international trade

The laws in the Untied State and European countries have strict requirements for environment and occupatioal health.In chemical International trade,customers always ask for MSDS before purchasing chemicals.

Supplier shall abide legal requirement,and supply MSDS in accordance with regulatory requirement in the customer country in time.In the Unted State,Canada,and European countries,a great many of large and medium size enterprises set hazardous by chemical suppliers,which passing audit can keep the right totake next business contact with purchasing department.

Difficulty in making high-quality MSDS

Difficulty in making quality MSDS in accordance with regulatory requirements:except for testing physical/chemical properties of chemical,toxicity data testing charge of chemical is too expensive.lf chemical is compound product,or mixes addition reagent,or contains secondry products,the compiler can hardly make accurate estimation on toxicity.lf MSDS offered by supplier gets mistakes or is inconsistent with the facts,or keep hazards identification back intentionally,which resulf in personnel hurt or environmental,pollution of users,users always require MSDS offering unit shall bear corresponding legal responsibility.Secondly,compiled MSDS shall be in accordance with regulations on hazardous chemical in the country and of the buyer.But different countries even different states in the same country have their own different requirent for MSDS.In addition,NTP publicize new cancerogenous substances once every two years,which makes more difficulty of compiling MSDS in accordance with requirement.

Influence of MSDS on exporting enterprise product

In intemational trade,MSDS quality is also an important symbol to measure company strengthen,image and management level,and high quality chemical getting high quality MSDS surely can increses more business chances.lt is very important to ask expert at international level to compile high standard MSDS in order to promote success of internationade,for it is effective image advertisement for the entenrprise,with relatively low charge.

It can promote chemical product smoothly to enter international chemical market,improve international competitiveness of product,and imrowve from cut throat competition of Chinese export chemical price to benign competition of enterprise brand and product standard.