MSDS is denominated as Material Safety Data Sheet. It describes the hazards of material and provides information on how to safely handing, use, and store. It includes information such as flammability, explosion performance, toxicity, environmental hazard, first aid measures, safe use, protective equipment, and handling measures, etc. At the same time, it covers physical data (pH, melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.), and the health hazards (carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, etc.) for the end user. So it is a important report which covers hazardous information of chemicals. 

With the enhancement of environmental protective consciousness, developed country, such as USA, Japan, EU, etc. have universally established and implemented MSDS certification system. When manufactories of chemicals sold, transported and exported, they must provide the MSDS certification for users. In order to introduce the relevant hazards of chemicals and protect measures, reduce professional hazards, and prevent environmental pollution.

MSDS is edited in accordance with regulation and requirement of importer homeland. At present, MSDS has not uniform standard, and current format is EEC/ISO of EU, OSHA and ANSI of America. Each country or canton has their own rules and regulations on chemicals management and trade, which may be amended every month. If MSDS information you provided is incorrect and incomplete, you had to answer for its legal liabilities. 

Difficulty in making high quality MSDS in accordance with regulatory requirements: Firstly, except for testing physical/chemical properties of chemical, toxicity data testing charge of chemical is too expensive. If chemical is compound product, or mixes addition reagent, or contains secondary products, the compiler can hardly make accurate estimation on toxicity. If MSDS offered by supplier gets mistakes or is inconsistent with the facts, or keep hazards identification back intentionally, which result 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 area of the buyer. But different countries even different states in the same country have their own different requirement for MSDS. In addition, NTP publicize new cancerogenous substances once every two years, which makes more difficulty of compiling MSDS in accordance with requirement.

So material suppliers provide a professional certified MSDS report write by a third-part testing organization, in order to avoid legal liabilities resulted from incomplete and unclear of MSDS. The MSDS is a important symbol to measure strength and management level of a company. Many inland enterprises don’t know it is compulsive requirement for export chemicals. No MSDS, no market.