Category: Soap & Cosmetic Labeling

Blog posts that deal with soap and cosmetic labeling; addition information, questions asked and answered and updates as new information becomes known.

  • Cosmetic Facility Registration – FDA Draft Guidance

    On August 7, 2023, the FDA issued Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products: Guidance For Industry as a draft guidance distibuted for comment purposes.

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  • Fragrance Allergens

    What are fragrance allergens? Do they need to be included in the ingredient declaration for a cosmetic product? (Answer: Yes, in some countries, but not in the US or Canada… yet.)

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  • What to Do With Soap Ends & Trimmings

    Wondering what to do with those bits of soap from the end of the loaf that don’t make full sized bars? You have options!

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  • More on MoCRA – What Now?

    Since MoCRA, the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulations Act of 2022, was signed into law as part of the Omnibus Spending Bill last December I’ve gotten a lot of questions about it and what you have to do now.

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  • Cosmetic Ingredient Look-Up

    An excellent new cosmetic ingredient look-up database is online where you can look up specific ingredients, get explanations of various substance types and see typical ingredients by product type.

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  • Cosmetic Legislation Passed

    On December 23, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the 4,500 page Omnibus Spending Bill. It includes the “Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022” which updates the cosmetic law for the first time in over 50 years.

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  • Don’t Be a Copycat

    I recently went looking online for a few product pictures to use as good examples of product labels. What I found were lots of bad examples.

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  • Cosmetic Warning Statements

    Some cosmetic products must have specific warning statements on the label: bubble bath, yoni products, products containing alhpa or beta hydroxy acids, and some others.

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  • Simple Labeling Checklist

    It can seem like labeling is complicated. Use this checklist to see if you need to dig a little deeper to get it right … or if your label is okay as is.

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  • They Do It…Why Can’t I?

    “Wait! What! This other company does it, why can’t I??” Just because someone else is (wrongly) doing it, doesn’t mean that you can.

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  • Unsaponified Oils in the Ingredient Declaration

    In a soap ingredient declaration you can list what goes INTO the pot, or what comes OUT of the pot. So what do you call the unsaponified oils?

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  • New Book! Navigating the Rules & Regs

    New book! Navigating the Rules and Regs is finished and available at Amazon!

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