UNSPSC 51302702: Cresol

This classification denotes an industrial aid, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier GF3CGH8D7Z. European Medicines Agency schedules Cresol in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB13490MIG. Cresol generally arises in the molecular formula C7H8O. The term 'cresol' is a Hazardous Substances Data Bank designation. As of Q4 2014, CRESOL remains the US FDA Preferred Term for this commodity. Cresol bears US NLM identifiers UMLS ID C0174883 and NCI Concept Code C80922.

SMILES: CC1=CC(=CC=C1)O.

UNSPSC 51302702 Cresol, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity recorded under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code involve liquid aluminum sulfate for wastewater treatment and medical aid supplies for fire rescue operations — neither falls within cresol's scope as a chemical compound used in disinfection and industrial applications. The mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the state and local systems that generated these records or a misalignment between the code assignment and the actual goods being procured.

The source contains no recent opportunities materially related to cresol procurement by state and local entities. Without representative solicitations that actually address cresol acquisition — such as orders for disinfectants, wood preservatives, or other industrial chemical uses — no meaningful characterization of issuing-body patterns, geographic spread, or typical scope is possible from the available data. Business development professionals should verify whether cresol demand exists under a different UNSPSC code or flag the two posted opportunities as miscoded records requiring correction by the issuing municipalities.