Highest indicative risk is low risk – chemical identity
Guide to completing the ‘Chemical identity’ section of the pre-introduction report for ‘highest indicative risk is low risk and the other types do not apply’ in AICIS Business Services.
What is the proper name of the industrial chemical?
You, or someone else, must provide a CAS name or IUPAC name for your chemical. Do not enter a trade name or marketing name for the industrial chemical.
Example:
If you do not have a CAS or IUPAC name for the chemical, we accept an INCI name in very limited circumstances as described below.
INCI names
If you wish to use an International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) name as the 'proper name' for an industrial chemical, you must meet all 4 criteria below for the chemical and its name:
1. The chemical does not have a CAS or IUPAC name.
2. The chemical is a plant extract – for example, extract of flowers, seeds or leaves of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns and mosses.
3. The name for the plant extract is an INCI name based on a proper botanical name.
Example:
✔ Helianthus Annuus Leaf/Stem Extract
❌ Sunflower extract
4. The plant extract cannot be chemically modified. For example, the chemical cannot be hydrolysed, acetylated or hydrogenated.
Example:
❌ We would not accept 'Hydrogenated sweet almond oil'.
Is a Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number assigned for the industrial chemical?
Select ‘Yes’ if your chemical has been assigned a number by CAS. You must enter a valid CAS number, either with or without the hyphens, otherwise the following error message will appear “CAS registry number must be a valid CAS Number. E.g. 12-34-0 or 12340”.
Select ‘No’ if your chemical has not been assigned a CAS registry number.
What is the name (or synonym) you use to refer to the industrial chemical?
Enter the names that you use to refer to the chemical, for example an INCI name.
Is the industrial chemical a UVCB substance (a substance of Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials)?
Select ‘Yes’ if your chemical is a UVCB substance. You (or the person who knows this information), must describe the UVCB substance by including at least one of the following:
- the manufacturing process for the UVCB substance
- raw material sources of the UVCB substance
- carbon number ranges for the UVCB substance
- physical property ranges for the UVCB substance
- biological sources of the UVCB substance
Is a Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number assigned for the industrial chemical?
Select ‘Yes’ if your chemical has been assigned a number by CAS. You must enter a valid CAS number, either with or without the hyphens, otherwise the following error message will appear “CAS registry number must be a valid CAS Number. E.g. 12-34-0 or 12340”.
Select ‘No’ if your chemical has not been assigned a CAS registry number.
What is the name (or synonym) you use to refer to the industrial chemical?
Enter the names that you use to refer to the chemical, for example an INCI name.
Is the industrial chemical a high molecular weight polymer (HMWP)?
See our definition for high molecular weight polymer.
Select 'no' if is not a HMWP.
If you select 'yes', and your introduction is in human health exposure band 4, you must tell us the information in the following 3 questions.
If you select 'yes', and your introduction is in human health exposure band 1, 2 or 3, then type 'not applicable' as your answer for each question.
What is the number average molecular weight (NAMW)? The NAMW is the arithmetic mean of the molecular weight of all molecules in a polymer.
What is the weight average molecular weight (WAMW)? The WAMW is the arithmetic mean of the molecular of all molecules in a polymer that has been weighted according to the weight fractions of the molecules in the polymer.
What is the polydispersity index? The polydispersity index is WAMW/NAMW.
Are you applying for protection of chemical name?
We will publish the proper name of the chemical you are introducing.
If you do not want the proper chemical name to be published on our website, select 'yes and I understand that I need to apply for confidential business information in the AICIS Business Portal since the PIR is not deemed complete until I apply for CBI' in the PIR if you wish to apply.
You will need to separately apply for CBI and pay an additional fee. For more information on how to do this, see our page on applying for protection of CBI for an internationally-assessed reported introduction.
If there are no concerns with publishing your chemical's proper name on our website, select 'No'.