The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) helps protect the Australian people and the environment by assessing the risks...

NICNAS (National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme). In Australia, ingredients in soaps are regulated as industrial chemicals by NICNA...

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A 'cosmetic' is a substance or preparation that is for use on any external part of the human body—or inside the mouth—to change its appearance, cl...

You do not need to register with NICNAS if you only make soaps in Australia without a chemical reaction by mixing or blending ingredients purchased from an ...

Using products such as soap bases, glycerin blocks and melt and pour bases may not involve a chemical reaction because the saponification reaction has alread...

All soap makers must check that every ingredient in their soap is on the chemical inventory Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) and whether t...

Saponification involves the hydrolysis reaction of an animal or vegetable fat with an alkali, such as sodium hydroxide, also known as lye or caustic soda. ...

You need to register with NICNAS if you do any of the following activities for commercial purposes: make soaps in Australia by a process involving a chemi...

All soap makers must check that every ingredient in their soap is on the chemical inventory Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) and whether th...