Consumer Products

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
 Are substances that directly help in achieving the
performance objectives of a certain product.

Classification
of substances
in products INACTIVE OR INERT INGREDIENTS
 Components which constitutes a large percentage
of a product.
 Known as the material safety data sheet
Information of the ingredients in a product may be

(MSDS) found here

Contains the common names of the chemical as
well as its properties, uses, handling, and storage,
and hazards, among many others.
Consumers Products
May include household cleaning
products and personal care products
Household  Are generally classified according to their purpose
cleaning or specific application.

products
Personal  Refers to any substance intended for use on the

Care external parts of the body.

products
 Household cleaning
products and personal care
products
Contains labels indicating the major
ingredients, precautionary measures,
and hazards
  In the case of food, something that enters as an
element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are
the “MAIN” ingredients in the cake. a constituent

Major element of anything; component: the ingredients

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Ingredients  Anything that is the main ingredient is considered
the major ingredients.
  precautionary measures: (to take) preventative,
anticipatory actions in order to be safe.
 The substances that gives a product its unique
fragrance is considered a trade secret, so
companies are not required to list the often dozens
or hundred of synthetic and potentially harmful
compounds it contains.

Precautionar  Most products usually contain list of ingredients,

name, manufacturer, place of origin, a “best
y measures before "date warning statements, and
precautionary information.
 Some product labels include a symbol showing the
“period after opening” as a reminder to
consumers about the prescribed lent of product
use.
  a danger or risk
 Usually shown on the product as a precautionary
Hazards measure.