It means you will not die from ingesting an incidental amount whatever it is. everything has limits though. Drinking water has its limit, our livers can only process about 3.75 gallons per day, any more than that and you'll drown. Nontoxic does not mean you can't be uncomfortable after ingesting said material. Not dying from ingestion of a nontoxic item and being comfortable are not synonyms.
intoxicapable t1_je2m0ns wrote
Reply to ELI5 When companies say that their product is nontoxic, what exactly do they mean? by shake--and--bake
It means you will not die from ingesting an incidental amount whatever it is. everything has limits though. Drinking water has its limit, our livers can only process about 3.75 gallons per day, any more than that and you'll drown. Nontoxic does not mean you can't be uncomfortable after ingesting said material. Not dying from ingestion of a nontoxic item and being comfortable are not synonyms.