labelling requirements in Oz

[Guest guest]

Ok a little dig has found the following information, which is current as of

September 2003

From the ACCC......

Cosmetics and toiletries (TP Regulation - as amended): Unless covered

by the Therapeutic Goods Act, all cosmetic and toiletry products must

be labelled with a full list of their ingredients.

And from OCBA.......

Listing Ingredients

The ingredients are to be listed in descending order calculated by either

mass or volume. Alternatively, the ingredients may be listed in the

following way:

ingredients (except colour additives) in concentrations of 1% or more in

descending order by volume or mass; followed by:

a. ingredients (except for colour additives) in concentrations of less than

1% in any order; and finally

b. colour additives in any order.

So it does appear that the 0.5% loophole has been closed. I wish now

that I had printed that out because it was information directly from the

ACCC website. Not that it affects me because I don't use GSE,

however with the following paragraph...

" Incidental ingredients are not required to be included in the list of

ingredients. Incidental ingredients have no technical or functional effect

in the cosmetic or toiletry and are present at insignificant levels.

Substances that have no technical or functional effect in the cosmetic or

toiletry but are present because they are ingredients of another

ingredient are also incidental ingredients. "

I wonder would the same apply for a preservative such as Herbigerm?

The ingredients are listed as " Herbigerm Preservative is a composition

of Grapefruit Seed Extract, Rosemary Extract, Tea Tree Oil, olidinyl

Urea, Methylparaben, Polyparaben, Propylene Glycol "

Theoretically you are buying a herbal preservative right? Therefore you

are purchasing the GSE, RE and TTO as the preservatives, and the fact

that they themselves are preserved with parabens would be incidental

and so listing them on the label wouldn't be required?

regards,

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Thanks for all of the digging... Again, this is a topic which is not of

immediate concern for me, but (hopefully) will be in my near future, when I get

past making my soap for friends and family... Who can say 'no' to such a fun

thing?!? LOL Seriously though, when I make more time to devote to this endeavor

with the intention of selling my products, this will be a very real concern - So

thanks to you for locating and sharing the info and also to those of you who

raised the questions regarding contents and labeling in the first place! I've

already bookmarked all of the relative sites for future research...

The sharing of this kind of information is a huge part of what makes this sight

so valuable and interesting! (As well as the never-ending ideas and great

recipes...) Anyway, thanks to all!

Chris

:>)

labelling requirements in Oz

Ok a little dig has found the following information, which is current as of

September 2003

From the ACCC......

Cosmetics and toiletries (TP Regulation - as amended): Unless covered

by the Therapeutic Goods Act, all cosmetic and toiletry products must

be labelled with a full list of their ingredients.

And from OCBA.......

Listing Ingredients

The ingredients are to be listed in descending order calculated by either

mass or volume. Alternatively, the ingredients may be listed in the

following way:

ingredients (except colour additives) in concentrations of 1% or more in

descending order by volume or mass; followed by:

a. ingredients (except for colour additives) in concentrations of less than

1% in any order; and finally

b. colour additives in any order.

So it does appear that the 0.5% loophole has been closed. I wish now

that I had printed that out because it was information directly from the

ACCC website. Not that it affects me because I don't use GSE,

however with the following paragraph...

" Incidental ingredients are not required to be included in the list of

ingredients. Incidental ingredients have no technical or functional effect

in the cosmetic or toiletry and are present at insignificant levels.

Substances that have no technical or functional effect in the cosmetic or

toiletry but are present because they are ingredients of another

ingredient are also incidental ingredients. "

I wonder would the same apply for a preservative such as Herbigerm?

The ingredients are listed as " Herbigerm Preservative is a composition

of Grapefruit Seed Extract, Rosemary Extract, Tea Tree Oil, olidinyl

Urea, Methylparaben, Polyparaben, Propylene Glycol "

Theoretically you are buying a herbal preservative right? Therefore you

are purchasing the GSE, RE and TTO as the preservatives, and the fact

that they themselves are preserved with parabens would be incidental

and so listing them on the label wouldn't be required?

regards,

[Guest guest]

I never heard of Herbigerm before, but I know what's in Germaben II:

Propylene Glycol (and) olidinyl

Urea (and) Methylparaben (and) Propylparaben. Loks like Herbigerm is pretty

much GSE, Rosemary and Tea Tree, with Germaben II in it. I think that's

funny!

Traci

> I wonder would the same apply for a preservative such as Herbigerm?

> The ingredients are listed as " Herbigerm Preservative is a composition

> of Grapefruit Seed Extract, Rosemary Extract, Tea Tree Oil, olidinyl

> Urea, Methylparaben, Polyparaben, Propylene Glycol "

>

> Theoretically you are buying a herbal preservative right? Therefore you

> are purchasing the GSE, RE and TTO as the preservatives, and the fact

> that they themselves are preserved with parabens would be incidental

> and so listing them on the label wouldn't be required?

>

> regards,

>