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Prevention · precautionary statement

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

Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. 1,700 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

EU CLP: currentUS OSHA HazCom: currentUS HazCom 2012: currentUN GHS: current

01 · Wording

What P270 says

Official

Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.

Category

Prevention · GHS revision 9

Does your label need P270? That depends on the hazard classes of your product, on whether it goes to the public or to professionals, and on what else is already on the label — Annex IV column 5 lets one statement remove another. Work it out from a classification →

02 · Languages

P270 in the 24 official EU languages

A label put on the market in an EU country must carry the wording of that country's own language version of CLP — not a translation of the English one. These 24 lines are quoted from the consolidated regulation, Annex IV, and are the text to print.

LanguageOfficial wording of P270
BG български Bulgarian Да не се яде, пие или пуши при употреба на продукта.
ES español Spanish No comer, beber ni fumar durante su utilización.
CS čeština Czech Při používání tohoto výrobku nejezte, nepijte ani nekuřte.
DA dansk Danish Der må ikke spises, drikkes eller ryges under brugen af dette produkt.
DE Deutsch German Bei Gebrauch nicht essen, trinken oder rauchen.
ET eesti Estonian Toote käitlemise ajal mitte süüa, juua ega suitsetada.
EL ελληνικά Greek Μην τρώτε, πίνετε ή καπνίζετε, όταν χρησιμοποιείτε αυτό το προϊόν.
EN English English Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
FR français French Ne pas manger, boire ou fumer en manipulant ce produit.
GA Gaeilge Irish Ná hith, ná hól agus ná caitear tobac agus an táirge seo á úsáid.
HR hrvatski Croatian Pri rukovanju proizvodom ne jesti, piti niti pušiti.
IT italiano Italian Non mangiare, né bere, né fumare durante l’uso.
LV latviešu Latvian Neēst, nedzert un nesmēķēt produkta izmantošanas laikā.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Naudojant šį produktą, nevalgyti, negerti ir nerūkyti.
HU magyar Hungarian A termék használata közben tilos enni, inni vagy dohányozni.
MT Malti Maltese Tikolx, tixrobx u tpejjipx waqt li tuża’ dan il-prodott.
NL Nederlands Dutch Niet eten, drinken of roken tijdens het gebruik van dit product.
PL polski Polish Nie jeść, nie pić i nie palić podczas używania produktu.
PT português Portuguese Não comer, beber ou fumar durante a utilização deste produto.
RO română Romanian A nu mânca, bea sau fuma în timpul utilizării produsului.
SK slovenčina Slovak Pri používaní výrobku nejedzte, nepite ani nefajčite.
SL slovenščina Slovenian Ne jesti, piti ali kaditi med uporabo tega izdelka.
FI suomi Finnish Syöminen, juominen ja tupakointi kielletty kemikaalia käytettäessä.
SV svenska Swedish Ät inte, drick inte och rök inte när du använder produkten.

Source: CELEX:02008R1272-20260501, Annex IV. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic. Irish is one of the 24 official languages and its H and P texts are printed inside the multilingual Annex tables, but no consolidated CLP has ever been published in Irish — which is why an Irish-primary label cannot be built here.

Where P270 is current

GHS is a United Nations model text, revised every two years, and each jurisdiction adopts a revision on its own timetable. A code can be legally current in one system and deleted in another — that is normal, not an error.

JurisdictionBasisStatus of P270
EU CLP Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 CLP Annex IV, Part 2 (consolidated) Current
US OSHA HazCom 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C UN GHS Rev.7 (final rule of 20 May 2024) Current
US HazCom 2012 legacy · GHS Rev.3 UN GHS Rev.3, Annex 3 Current
UN GHS Rev.11 (2025) UN GHS Rev.11, Annex 3 Current

Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012, UN GHS. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS

Substances carrying P270

Every entry whose harmonised CLP Annex VI classification includes this precautionary statement. Substances with a reference page here open on this site; the rest open on ghssymbols.com. Of these, 117 are group entries such as “beryllium compounds” or “salts of hydrazine” — Annex VI gives them no CAS number, so they are listed by Index No and have no page of their own.

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All precautionary statements

The full list of P-codes with the jurisdiction switch lives on the precautionary statements hub. For the hazard side, see hazard statements (H-codes).

Wording quoted from the regulation named above. Substance counts come from harmonised classifications in CLP Annex VI — the statements on a real product also depend on the supplier's own classification. Always check the supplier safety data sheet.

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