Optec International Inc (OPTI)

[Olderandwiser]

Is OPTI PPE (“OPTEC Shield” wipes) legit?

In a nutshell: the SDS for the disinfectant wipes appears to be fake.

Did OPTI use other companies’ MSDS/SDS documents to create one for OPTEC? And (intentionally) omit the OSHA-mandatory SDS dates? Which would mean a legitimate SDS was NOT issued for the “OPTEC Shield” wipes?

If I’m correct, I hope someone will use this info to report Roger Pawson for Covid-19 OSHA violations. Or maybe it can be used in various lawsuits as an exhibit of his scams.

I listed 5 red flags, in the order in which they appear. #5 is the most glaring. There may be more problems in the SDS. If you see any, please post them.

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OPTI website has a sale on its “all-purpose” surface cleaner, $0.50 for soft pack and $0.99 for container. (Quick, order yours before sold out! )

https://optecintl.com/product/optec-shield/

#1: At the bottom of that page, there’s a link to an “SDS”. However, that “SDS” document says “Material Safety Data Sheet”. “MSDS” was changed by OSHA to “SDS” (Safety Data Sheet) in 2012. (A)

I found old MSDS’s for other companies’ products that have the same wording at the top and in some other sections as OPTEC’s, including old international regulations. Hmmmm.

(I’ll call Roger’s MSDS an “SDS” for the rest of this post; it’s less confusing.)

#2. In Section 1, the contact email given is (but i is not a legible i): [e-mail]. That website no longer exists. (Depending on which search engine you use, searching on “optecuvc.com” may take you to the optecintl.com website.) And, when I did a copy/paste from the OPTEC website’s SDS, the email address resulted in “1nfo@optecuvc”… because the “i” is not dotted in “info”. (Bad editing/photocopying?)

You can compare the OPTEC SDS letters with how crisp the letters are in the sample Clorox SDS, below. (D)

#3. Only 2 dates are listed in the OPTEC SDS for standards/regulations: 2000 and 2008. Newer SDS’s like OPTEC’s should refer to the 2012 OSHA regulations, like the sample 2017 Clorox SDS. (D)

#4. IDK if the OPTEC SDS is compliant with Cal 65; some other companies’ SDS’s state they are. (See D for an example.) “California Proposition 65 Impact on SDS & Product Labels”, 12/27/2018: Although not required by OSHA, “… the new Cal P65 label requirements may indeed impact the content of your SDS, especially if you or your customers are in California.” (B) Also, (C) has more info, including liability if sued.

#5. OPTEC’s SDS doesn’t have an “issuing date” or a “revision date”. (???!)

OSHA says there are 4 sections in an SDS that are “non-mandatory”. However, dates ARE mandatory, and they MUST be included in SDS Section 16: “Section 16: Other Information: This section indicates when the SDS was prepared or when the last known revision was made…” (A)

I looked at SDS’s for some competitors’ surface wipe products, including several by Clorox, and all those have the required date(s) in SDS Section 16. Also, some products have the most recent date included on each page, and many have both issue and revision dates listed in Section 1. (D has the issue date and revision date in Section 16, plus the revision date on each page.)
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Reference:

A. OSHA Briefs, Safety Data Sheets:
https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3514.pdf

OSHA website has lots of info on all the regulations. This 2012 version is easy to read and shows that the SDS Section 16 requirement for dates is not new.

B. Some individual states specify SDS required info, also. Here’s California: https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5194.html
“(g) Safety Data Sheets. Section 16, Other information, including date of preparation or last revision.”

C. Why products made or sold in California should comply with CAL65, including liability: “Proposition 65 Impact on SDS & Product Labels”: https://www.totalsds.com/california-proposition-65-impact-on-sds/

D. Sample legitimate SDS: Clorox Anywhere Wipes:
https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Clorox%C2%AE-Anywhere-Wipes.pdf

E. That Clorox wipes product is listed here; no OPTEC products are listed: “Disinfectants for Coronavirus (COVID-19).” “All products on this list meet EPA's criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).” https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/list-n-advanced-search-page-disinfectants-coronavirus-covid-19
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P.S. If I wanted to order PPE for a company, I’d order an EPA-listed product (E) and NOT an unlisted product from a shady outfit like Optec. (Especially for a “$2 billion” order. )

From OPTI PR: “November 5, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc (OTC PINK:OPTI) today announced that it has successfully secured a fully executed definitive agreement for the supply of Brand Specific Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) products for a large International Commodities Consortium totaling in excess of $2 Billion Dollars US.”