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EU Labeling Requirements |
HSA Labeling Requirements |
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Language of the Information |
Product
Information must be available in the national language or languages
of the State
concerned, or in a language readily understood by the competent
authorities
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Language of the Information |
Labels/labeling statements must be in
English. Other languages if any may be present on the label.
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Label Display |
Prominently and conspicuously displayed
on the product at the point of sale. If the size, shape or nature of the container
or package does not permit all the required information to be specified on the container
or package, the use of leaflets, pamphlets, hang tags, display panels etc are allowed.
However, the name of the cosmetic product and the batch reference must be displayed
on the container or package. |
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Location of Product Information
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The information
should be available at a single place within the EU, with the
address
listed on the product. The address may appear in complete or
abbreviated
form. |
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Fragrance(s) |
Where a substance is used solely to
impart an odour to the product, the substance shall be specified on list of ingredients
by the word 'fragrance'. The plural 'fragrances' may be used if more than one fragrance
is used. The ingredients(s) in the fragrance or fragrances may be also be listed. |
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Address of Manufacturing or Initial
Importation Premises:
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Manufacturers,
agents, and marketers must notify competent authorities of
the Member
States of place of manufacture of cosmetics products on the
European
market |
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Where items in a range of cosmetic products
which are similar in composition and produced by the same manufacturer, and which
are intended for the same use and available in different shades (e.g. lipsticks, eye
shadows or nail polish but not composite packs of different types), the ingredient
disclosure may include all the colour additives used in all the items of the range
of cosmetic products. In such cases, the colour additives, which are contained in
the entire range of related products, may be identified after the phrase 'may contain'
or words to that effect.
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Product Information to be made Available
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For checks
by national authorities, each manufacturer, importer or marketer
of a cosmetic
product must keep certain elements of Product Information
accessible,
including:
Product Composition
Physico-Chemical
and Microbiological Specifications of Raw
Materials and Finished Product
Method of Manufacture
Safety Assessment
Information
on the Safety Assessor
Undesirable
Effects on Human Health
Proof of Effect
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Product Information
to be made Available |
Manufacturers or importers may apply
for the approval of an ingredient to be specified as 'other ingredient' if the disclosure
of the ingredient would prejudice a trade secret and on the provision that the inclusion
of such an ingredient would not harm the consumer.
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Exemption
from Ingredient Listing
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Ingredients that have no technical or
functional effect in the cosmetic products and are present in a cosmetic product at
insignificant levels need not be specified. However an ingredient which has a technical
or functional effect must be declared regardless of the concentration of the ingredient
in the cosmetic product.
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Mandatory information on the
product |
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Language |
Indelible, easily legible and visible
lettering.
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Language |
Labels must be clearly legible. |
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Product Identity |
Name of cosmetic product
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Product Identity |
Name of cosmetic product
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Name
and address of manufacturer or importer or distributor of
product
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Name and
address must be within EU. |
Name
and address of manufacturer or importer or distributor of
product
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Must include
the name and address of local manufacturer or importer. |
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Weight
or volume of content
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Nominal content at time of packaging
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Durability
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Date of minimum durability (only when
shelf life is < 30 months)
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Precautions
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Particular precautions to be observed
in use (if regulated in Annexes of
Cosmetic Directive)
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Precautions |
Include
any available precaution |
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Product
function
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Required unless clear from presentation
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Batch
Reference |
Reference for identifying the goods
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Batch Reference |
Reference for identifying the goods
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List
of Ingredients
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Found on packaging only, not on the
container. Listed in descending order of weight at time added.
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List of ingredients
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All cosmetic products must be labeled
with the ingredients contained in the product. The quantity or percentage of each
ingredient in the cosmetic product need not be disclosed.
The ingredients should be listed in
descending order by either mass or volume; or by using the following format:
-Ingredients(except colour additives)
in concentrations of 1% or more shall be listed in descending order by mass or volume;
- Ingredients (except colour additives)
in concentrations of less than 1% being listed in any order; and
- Colour additives in any order.
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Nomenclature
of Ingredients
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Based on INCI, the International Nomenclature
for Cosmetic Ingredients. It is a common
nomenclature to identify each ingredient
used in a cosmetic product and has
been developed by the European and American
cosmetic industries.
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Nomenclature
of Ingredients
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Based on the most recent edition of
the International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, Chemical Abstracts Service, Japanese
Cosmetic Codex, British Pharmacopoeia and United States Pharmacopoeia, or other references
approved by the Health Sciences Authority.
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