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P301 — IF SWALLOWED:

Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. 1,648 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

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

01 · Wording

What P301 says

Official

IF SWALLOWED:

Category

Response · GHS revision 9

Does your label need P301? 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

P301 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 P301
BG български Bulgarian ПРИ ПОГЛЪЩАНЕ:
ES español Spanish EN CASO DE INGESTIÓN:
CS čeština Czech PŘI POŽITÍ:
DA dansk Danish I TILFÆLDE AF INDTAGELSE:
DE Deutsch German BEI VERSCHLUCKEN:
ET eesti Estonian ALLANEELAMISE KORRAL:
EL ελληνικά Greek ΣΕ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΗ ΚΑΤΑΠΟΣΗΣ:
EN English English IF SWALLOWED:
FR français French EN CAS D’INGESTION:
GA Gaeilge Irish MÁ SHLOGTAR:
HR hrvatski Croatian AKO SE PROGUTA:
IT italiano Italian IN CASO DI INGESTIONE:
LV latviešu Latvian NORĪŠANAS GADĪJUMĀ:
LT lietuvių Lithuanian PRARIJUS:
HU magyar Hungarian LENYELÉS ESETÉN:
MT Malti Maltese JEKK JINBELA’:
NL Nederlands Dutch NA INSLIKKEN:
PL polski Polish W PRZYPADKU POŁKNIĘCIA:
PT português Portuguese EM CASO DE INGESTÃO:
RO română Romanian ÎN CAZ DE ÎNGHIȚIRE:
SK slovenčina Slovak PO POŽITÍ:
SL slovenščina Slovenian PRI ZAUŽITJU:
FI suomi Finnish JOS KEMIKAALIA ON NIELTY:
SV svenska Swedish VID FÖRTÄRING:

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 P301 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 P301
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

04 · On a label

P301 usually appears combined

CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P301 is a component of 3 of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.

CodeCombined statement
P301+P310 IF SWALLOWED: immediately call a POISON CENTER or doctor. CLP verbatim: IF SWALLOWED: Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/…
P301+P312 IF SWALLOWED: call a POISON CENTER or doctor if you feel unwell. CLP verbatim: IF SWALLOWED: Call a POISON CENTER/doctor/… if you feel unwell.
P301+P330+P331 IF SWALLOWED: rinse mouth. Do NOT induce vomiting. CLP verbatim: IF SWALLOWED: Rinse mouth. Do NOT induce vomiting.

Substances carrying P301

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, 124 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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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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