The Perils of Published Data Heidi M. Wittenborn

What is published data?

• Data made public in IMDS for any participant to see and potentially use.

I need me some data

Bean Goo #1

Sugar Corn Syrup Modified Food Starch Sodium Citrate Pectin Citric Acid Artificial Flavors/Colors Confectioners Glaze Carnuba Wax White Mineral Oil Corn Protein Glaze Reds #3 & #40 Yellow #5 & #6 Blue #1

I need me some data

Bean Goo #2

Sugar

Corn Syrup

Modified Food Starch, Tapioca Dextrin

Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder

Citric Fumaric, Lactic, Malic, Phosphoric, Ascorbic Acids

Sodium Lactate

Fruit Juice & Puree Concentrates (24 different)

Confectioners Glaze

Carnuba Wax, Beeswax

Coffee, Vanilla Beans, Salt, Caffeine

Natural and Artificial Flavors

Reds #40 Lake, Red #40

Yellow #5 & #6 Lake, Yellow #5 & #6

Blue #1 & #2 Lake, Blue #1

I need me some data

Bean Goo #2

Sugar

Corn Syrup

Modified Food Starch, Tapioca Dextrin

Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder

Citric Acid & Fumaric, Lactic, Malic, Phosphoric, Ascorbic Acids

Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate

Fruit Juice and Puree Concentrates (24 different)

Confectioners Glaze

Carnuba Wax, Beeswax

Coffee, Vanilla Beans, Salt, Caffeine

Natural and Artificial Flavors

Reds #40 Lake, Red #40

Yellow #5 & #6 Lake, Yellow #5 & #6

Blue #1 & #2 Lake, Blue #1

Bean Goo #1

Sugar

Corn Syrup

Modified Food Starch

Sodium Citrate

Pectin

Citric Acid

Artificial Flavors/Colors

Confectioners Glaze

Carnuba Wax

White Mineral Oil

Corn Protein Glaze

Red #3 & Red#40

Yellow #5 & #6

Blue #1

Published Data Sources

• IMDS Steering Committee

• IMDS Participants

– Big companies with large product catalogs

– Any participant who wants to publish

• Any participant in IMDS may use this data IF the data accurately represents the material in question

IMDS Steering Committee Data

Is the Committee Material the Right Choice?

In this case, yes. Don’t create a material. Use the Committee MDS.

From https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2680482/Mead_1008-Whitepaper_Final.pdf?t=1504103199476

CS Type A from Mead Metals

CS Type A from IMDS Steering Committee

* * Cb = Nb

Is the Committee Material the Right Choice?

In this case, no. - The Committee MDS is not a match.

Published Data Sources

• IMDS Steering Committee

• IMDS Participants

– Big companies with large product catalogs

– Any participant who wants to publish

Big Publishers - DuPont

• Materials

– Need to contact DuPont to request which MDS to use

• Cannot search for product codes or names in IMDS

• Sometimes the same MDS may represent multiple materials

Big Publishers – 3M

• Materials

• Semi-components

Can search

by product

code or

trade name

Try both types of

searches. Use *

and searching for

part of the name for

the best results.

Big Publishers - ExxonMobil Chemical America

• Materials

Can search

by product

code or

trade name

in trade

name field

Remember, it never hurts to ask the supplier

if the published data you found is current and

the appropriate one for the material.

Published Data Sources

• IMDS Steering Committee

• IMDS Participants

– Big companies with large product catalogs

– Any participant who wants to publish

Published Data Sources – Other Participants

• Any participant can publish data

– Can publish data about anything including things they do not actually make

– Just because it’s published doesn’t mean you can use it

Reviewing Data Quality

Step 2: Examine Materials

Name Symbol Trade name Internal Mat.-

No.

ID / Version Supplier

B06J - B06J - 7014269 / 1 Agape Plastics Inc

Copy_Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 91966974 / 1 ALPHA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 86694570 / 2 Depor Industries, Inc

World Epsilon II o/s Door handle

spring "Coating - Basecoat B06J

Coating

- Magni B06J - 322372877 / 1 Depor Industries, Inc

Coating-Phosphate/Zinc - B06J/B28N B06J/B28N 84362664 / 2 Depor Industries, Inc

Dorrflake B06J - B06J 30542058 / 1 Metal Component Engineering

(Shanghai) Co.Ltd

Coating - Basecoat B06JA - B06JA - 99206034 / 1 P&R Fasteners, Inc.

Copy_Copy_Coating - Basecoat - RIE4090 - 212246907 / 1 RIE Coatings, Inc.

Coating - Basecoat B06JA - B06JA - 168680286 / 1 San Shing Fastech Corp.

Copy_Coating - Basecoat B06J - B06J - 49411194 / 1 Shanghai Accurate International

Business Co., Ltd.

Basecoat B06J - B06J - 44585598 / 2 SprayTek, Inc.

Coating - Basecoat B06J - Coating -

Basecoat B06J

- 69680295 / 1 Uni-Protech Industry Co., Ltd.

Coating-Basecoat B06J - Coating-Basecoat

B06J

- 109884045 / 1 Uni-Protech Industry Co., Ltd.

Bonus tip:

It’s common to see

only 1 Magni

material when there

should be 2 or more.

Peril #1 – Is it data you are allowed to use?

• Is the data published by your supplier?

• Did they tell you to use it in lieu of sent data?

If the published

data is NOT from

your supplier, do

not use it!

Peril #2 – Is it from the actual manufacturer?

Both

published

MDSs

Same

product

Hoosier does not

make Santoprene.

Don’t use their data!

Peril #3 – Is the data current?

The data is almost 10 years old. Lots of substances have been regulated in those years.

What substances are represented by the wildcards? Have any of them become declarable/prohibited?

Sabic no longer publishes their data. They do direct submissions.

IMDS will not give you any warnings

about this published data and it

looks okay; but…

If you search for this MDS, you will not find it.

Remember: data currency is your

responsibility. There are no update

notifications for published data.

In Summary

• Only use published data when

1. It is published by the IMDS Steering Committee AND it accurately represents the material you are using; OR

2. It is from your actual supplier who is the actual manufacturer AND it is current

Questions?

Heidi M. Wittenborn

Senior Environmental Consultant

hwittenborn@rsjtechnical.com

512-217-1675