I need me some data
Bean Goo #1
Sugar Corn Syrup Modified Food Starch Sodium Citrate Pectin Citric Acid Artificial Flavors/Colors Confectioners Glaze Carnuba Wax White Mineral Oil Corn Protein Glaze Reds #3 & #40 Yellow #5 & #6 Blue #1
I need me some data
Bean Goo #2
Sugar
Corn Syrup
Modified Food Starch, Tapioca Dextrin
Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder
Citric Fumaric, Lactic, Malic, Phosphoric, Ascorbic Acids
Sodium Lactate
Fruit Juice & Puree Concentrates (24 different)
Confectioners Glaze
Carnuba Wax, Beeswax
Coffee, Vanilla Beans, Salt, Caffeine
Natural and Artificial Flavors
Reds #40 Lake, Red #40
Yellow #5 & #6 Lake, Yellow #5 & #6
Blue #1 & #2 Lake, Blue #1
I need me some data
Bean Goo #2
Sugar
Corn Syrup
Modified Food Starch, Tapioca Dextrin
Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder
Citric Acid & Fumaric, Lactic, Malic, Phosphoric, Ascorbic Acids
Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate
Fruit Juice and Puree Concentrates (24 different)
Confectioners Glaze
Carnuba Wax, Beeswax
Coffee, Vanilla Beans, Salt, Caffeine
Natural and Artificial Flavors
Reds #40 Lake, Red #40
Yellow #5 & #6 Lake, Yellow #5 & #6
Blue #1 & #2 Lake, Blue #1
Bean Goo #1
Sugar
Corn Syrup
Modified Food Starch
Sodium Citrate
Pectin
Citric Acid
Artificial Flavors/Colors
Confectioners Glaze
Carnuba Wax
White Mineral Oil
Corn Protein Glaze
Red #3 & Red#40
Yellow #5 & #6
Blue #1
Published Data Sources
• IMDS Steering Committee
• IMDS Participants
– Big companies with large product catalogs
– Any participant who wants to publish
• Any participant in IMDS may use this data IF the data accurately represents the material in question
IMDS Steering Committee Data
Is the Committee Material the Right Choice?
In this case, yes. Don’t create a material. Use the Committee MDS.
From https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2680482/Mead_1008-Whitepaper_Final.pdf?t=1504103199476
CS Type A from Mead Metals
CS Type A from IMDS Steering Committee
* * Cb = Nb
Published Data Sources
• IMDS Steering Committee
• IMDS Participants
– Big companies with large product catalogs
– Any participant who wants to publish
Big Publishers - DuPont
• Materials
– Need to contact DuPont to request which MDS to use
• Cannot search for product codes or names in IMDS
• Sometimes the same MDS may represent multiple materials
Big Publishers – 3M
• Materials
• Semi-components
Can search
by product
code or
trade name
Try both types of
searches. Use *
and searching for
part of the name for
the best results.
Big Publishers - ExxonMobil Chemical America
• Materials
Can search
by product
code or
trade name
in trade
name field
Remember, it never hurts to ask the supplier
if the published data you found is current and
the appropriate one for the material.
Published Data Sources
• IMDS Steering Committee
• IMDS Participants
– Big companies with large product catalogs
– Any participant who wants to publish
Published Data Sources – Other Participants
• Any participant can publish data
– Can publish data about anything including things they do not actually make
– Just because it’s published doesn’t mean you can use it
Reviewing Data Quality
Step 2: Examine Materials
Name Symbol Trade name Internal Mat.-
No.
ID / Version Supplier
B06J - B06J - 7014269 / 1 Agape Plastics Inc
Copy_Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 91966974 / 1 ALPHA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 86694570 / 2 Depor Industries, Inc
World Epsilon II o/s Door handle
spring "Coating - Basecoat B06J
Coating
- Magni B06J - 322372877 / 1 Depor Industries, Inc
Coating-Phosphate/Zinc - B06J/B28N B06J/B28N 84362664 / 2 Depor Industries, Inc
Dorrflake B06J - B06J 30542058 / 1 Metal Component Engineering
(Shanghai) Co.Ltd
Coating - Basecoat B06JA - B06JA - 99206034 / 1 P&R Fasteners, Inc.
Copy_Copy_Coating - Basecoat - RIE4090 - 212246907 / 1 RIE Coatings, Inc.
Coating - Basecoat B06JA - B06JA - 168680286 / 1 San Shing Fastech Corp.
Copy_Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 49411194 / 1 Shanghai Accurate International
Business Co., Ltd.
Basecoat B06J - B06J - 44585598 / 2 SprayTek, Inc.
Coating - Basecoat B06J - Coating -
Basecoat B06J
- 69680295 / 1 Uni-Protech Industry Co., Ltd.
Coating-Basecoat B06J - Coating-Basecoat
B06J
- 109884045 / 1 Uni-Protech Industry Co., Ltd.
Bonus tip:
It’s common to see
only 1 Magni
material when there
should be 2 or more.
Peril #1 – Is it data you are allowed to use?
• Is the data published by your supplier?
• Did they tell you to use it in lieu of sent data?
If the published
data is NOT from
your supplier, do
not use it!
Peril #2 – Is it from the actual manufacturer?
Both
published
MDSs
Same
product
Hoosier does not
make Santoprene.
Don’t use their data!
Peril #3 – Is the data current?
The data is almost 10 years old. Lots of substances have been regulated in those years.
What substances are represented by the wildcards? Have any of them become declarable/prohibited?
Sabic no longer publishes their data. They do direct submissions.
IMDS will not give you any warnings
about this published data and it
looks okay; but…
If you search for this MDS, you will not find it.
Remember: data currency is your
responsibility. There are no update
notifications for published data.
In Summary
• Only use published data when
1. It is published by the IMDS Steering Committee AND it accurately represents the material you are using; OR
2. It is from your actual supplier who is the actual manufacturer AND it is current
Questions?
Heidi M. Wittenborn
Senior Environmental Consultant
512-217-1675
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