Chemicals

While this website covers safety information about general consumer products, a range of other authorities have responsibility for:

• different aspects of the safety of chemicals 
• the safety of chemicals in products available to consumers.

Industrial chemical products

For safety information about industrial chemical products, please contact the:

•  National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS).

Chemicals in therapeutic goods

For safety information on chemicals used in therapeutic goods, please contact the:

•  Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Poisonous chemicals

For safety information about poisonous chemicals, please contact the:

• Poisons Information Centre: 13 11 26
• Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS) & Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling (ACCS): The ACMS and the ACCS, as statutory committees under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 advise and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing (or delegate) on the level of access required for medicines and chemicals.

Insecticides and veterinary medicines

For safety information about insecticides and veterinary medicines, please contact the:

•  Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).