P270 — Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product

A prevention statement from GHS Annex 3 — the precautionary half of the label language on SDSs and containers.

At a glance

Official statement	Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
Group	Prevention (P2xx)

Which hazards call for P270

Our engine assigns P270 whenever a product carries any of these hazard statements:

H300	Fatal if swallowed.
H301	Toxic if swallowed.
H302	Harmful if swallowed.
H370	Causes damage to organs.
H371	May cause damage to organs.
H372	Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure.

Reference information, not legal or professional advice. Statement texts and allocations follow GHS Rev 9 / 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C as implemented by our classification engine; the regulatory text and agency practice control. Claims last reviewed July 23, 2026.

The engine writes these for you.

When SDS HQ authors an SDS or a container label, it assigns the hazard statements, signal word, pictograms, and precautionary statements from these same tables — automatically, with the calculation shown.

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