WHMIS (Citric acid monohydrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2

Warning

Causes serious eye irritation (H319)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments:

This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

Due to the lack of data, classifications regarding eye damage (H318) was established by analogy to anhydrous citric acid.

References

• ▲1.  Combustion and explosion characteristics of dusts : BIA-Report 13/97. Sankt Ausgustin, Allemagne. (1997). [MO-127954]

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.