[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1500.129]
[Page 491-492]
TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
PART 1500_HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND ARTICLES; ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
Sec. 1500.129 Substances named in the Federal Caustic Poison Act.
The Commission finds that for those substances covered by the
Federal Caustic Poison Act (44 Stat. 1406), the requirements of section
2(p)(1) of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (repeated in Sec.
1500.3(b)(14)(i)) are not adequate for the protection of the public
health. Labeling for those substances, in the concentrations listed in
the Federal Caustic Poison Act, were required to bear the signal word
``poison.'' The Commission concludes that the lack of the designation
``poison'' would indicate to the consumer a lesser hazard and that such
would not be in the interest of the public health. Under the authority
granted in section 3(b) of the act, the Commission therefore finds that
for the following substances, and at the following concentrations, the
word ``poison'' is necessary instead of any signal word:
(a) Hydrochloric acid and any preparation containing free or
chemically unneutralized hydrochloric acid (HCl) in a concentration of
10 percent or more.
(b) Sulfuric acid and any preparation containing free or chemically
unneutralized sulfuric acid (H2 SO4) in a
concentration of 10 percent or more.
(c) Nitric acid or any preparation containing free or chemically
unneutralized nitric acid (HNO3) in a concentration of 5
percent or more.
(d) Carbolic acid (C6 H5 OH), also known as
phenol, and any preparation containing carbolic acid in a concentration
of 5 percent or more.
(e) Oxalic acid and any preparation containing free or chemically
unneutralized oxalic acid (H2 C2 O4) in
a concentration of 10 percent or more.
(f) Any salt of oxalic acid and any preparation containing any such
salt in a concentration of 10 percent or more.
(g) Acetic acid or any preparation containing free or chemically
unneutralized acetic acid (HC2 H2 O2)
in a concentration of 20 percent or more.
(h) Hypochlorous acid, either free or combined, and any preparation
containing the same in a concentration that will yield 10 percent or
more by weight of available chlorine.
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(i) Potassium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or
chemically unneutralized potassium hydroxide (KOH), including caustic
potash and vienna paste (vienna caustic), in a concentration of 10
percent or more.
(j) Sodium hydroxide and any preparation containing free or
chemically unneutralized sodium hydroxide (NaOH), including caustic soda
and lye in a concentration of 10 percent or more.
(k) Silver nitrate, sometimes known as lunar caustic, and any
preparation containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) in a
concentration of 5 percent or more.
(l) Ammonia water and any preparation containing free or chemically
uncombined ammonia (NH3), including ammonium hydroxide and
``hartshorn,'' in a concentration of 5 percent or more.