What-is-an-industrial-chemical

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What is an industrial chemical?
Industrial chemicals are those with an industrial
use - this covers a broad range of Australian
chemicals used in inks, plastics, adhesives,
paints, glues, solvents, cosmetics, soaps and
many other products.

• a therapeutic good as defined by the
  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 or 
• use as food for humans or animals, or in the
  preparation of it.
• use as a substance or mixture of substances
  prepared by a pharmacist or veterinary surgeon,
  or in the preparation of these as defined by
  paragraph 5(4)(a) of the AgVet Code
• a therapeutic good as defined by the
  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 or 
• use as food for humans or animals, or in the
  preparation of it.

• We define industrial use by exclusion. This means
  that an industrial use is any use that isnt
• an agricultural chemical product as defined by
  the AgVet Code
• a veterinary chemical product - as defined by the
  AgVet Code

• In Australia, there are 4 chemical regulators at
  the federal level 
• industrial use Australian Industrial Chemicals
  Introduction Scheme (AICIS)
• agricultural and veterinary use Australian
  Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
  (APVMA)
• therapeutic use Therapeutic Goods
  Administration (TGA)
• food use Food Standards Australia New Zealand
  (FSANZ)

An important note about use is that an industrial
chemical can have multiple types of uses. For
each use your chemical has, you need to follow
the regulations for each responsible regulator. 

• Industrial chemicals include
• any chemical element with an industrial use
• compounds or complexes of chemical elements,
  where the compounds or complexes have an
  industrial use
• UVCBs with an industrial use
• chemicals released by an article, where the
  article has an industrial use
• naturally-occurring chemicals with an industrial
  use
• Industrial chemicals do not include radioactive
  chemicals.

If a chemical has no industrial uses, we dont
regulate it.  The regulation of use and disposal
of chemicals including bans and restrictions on
chemical use are the responsibility of state
and territory government authorities.

• Agricultural and veterinary use includes
• agriculture, including household gardening
  products
• pesticides, including household products such as
  personal insect repellents, insect sprays and
  weed killers
• pool sanitizing chemicals such as sodium
  hypochlorite, sodium bromide and algaecides
• veterinary medicine, pet food and livestock feed

• Therapeutic use includes
• medical devices including sterilants and
  disinfectants and in vitro diagnostic devices
  (IVDs)
• medicines including prescription,
  over-the-counter and complementary/alternative
  medicines
• Primary sunscreen products
• Sterilants and disinfectants

Examples of industrial chemicals in Australia
include ingredients in cosmetics (such
as soap, skin and hair care products and make
up), plastics, ink, glue, paint, cleaning
products and many other products typically found
in homes and businesses.
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