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Description of key information

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Skin sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Endpoint conclusion:
no adverse effect observed (not sensitising)
Additional information:

Sodium chloride is categorised under GRAS (Generally Recognised as Safe) by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and based on the results of the in-vitro study, Sodium chloride can be considered as a non-sensitizer.


Migrated from Short description of key information:
Sodium chloride in not considered to be a skin sensitizer.

Justification for classification or non-classification

Sodium chloride is not formally classified in the EU (according to Regulation EC No. 1272/2008 Annex VI, Table 3.1 and Regulation EC No. 1272/2008 Annex VI, Table 3.2) and UN-GHS.