ALLERGENS IN TOILETRIES... INFORMATION FOR LABELLING.

The 7th amendment to the Cosmetics Products (Safety) Regulations 2003 now requires allergens of certain listed varieties to be included in the list of ingredients on toiletries in the following concentrations (as a %age of the overall ingredients of the finished product)

Leave-on products (eg. skin creams) 0.001%

Rinse-off products (eg. soaps, shampoos, shower gels) 0.01%

The list of allergens required to be included if present is as follows:-

AMYL CINNAMAL
BENZYL ALCOHOL
CINNAMYL ALCOHOL
CITRAL
EUGENOL
HYDROXYCITRONELLAL
ISO EUGENOL
AMYL CINNAMYL ALCOHOL
BENZYL SALICYLATE
CINNAMAL (Cinnamic Aldehyde)
COUMARIN
GERANIOL
HYDROXYMETHYL PENTYL CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE (Lyral)
ANISYL ALCOHOL (Anise alcohol)
BENZYL CINNAMATE
FARNESOL
2-(TERT-BUTYL PROPIONALDE) (Lilial)
LINALOOL
BENZYL BENZOATE
CITRONELLOL
HEXYL CINNAMIC ALDEHYDE (Hexyl Cinnamal)
d-LIMONENE
METHYL HEPTINE CARBONATE
3-METHYL-4-(2,6,6 TRIMETHYL-2-CYCLOHEXINE-1-YL)-3-BUTEN-2-ONE
OAK MOSS EXTRACT (Evernia Prunastri)
TREE MOSS EXTRACT ( Evernia Furfuracea)

To allow all our customers to comply with this legislation, we have a complete beakdown of allergen listings for all essentail oils listed, available to download below. Precise information regarding allergen declarations for precise essential oils, fragrance oils and flavours are available HERE

Download HERE The Microsoft Works spreadsheet of allergens in essential oils.

Download HERE The XL spreadsheet of allergens in essential oils.

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