IFRA guidelines and EU

[Guest guest]

Now I'm recalling some statements that some of the regulations are law

and some are currently--what I'm implying to be--suggestions and

safety recommendations (not required).

And some questions which I now have:

Is there a way for me to easily (without paying a lawyer $300 per hour

to research this for me) determine which are law and which are not?

Is there a source that will help me keep up with this distinction?

How can I determine legally what needs to be labeled (e.g.--I'm gonna

go a little overboard in my hypothesizing here, but that's just my

way, ahem-- the name of each material used versus only the potentially

dangerous ones, the % of the risky component of the oil, the name of

the risky component of the oil, simply that there are risk factors

involved with using the perfume, only naming known carcinogens, only

stating that the product has such and such % of known carcinogens,

suggestions for keeping the product use under a certain amount per day

or per week or some other warning like not using it within 12 hours of

sun exposure or not wearing it within 12 hours ON THE BODY PART that

will receive sun exposure, notating simply that the safety of the

perfume has not been determined by the FDA...and I'm wondering right

now whether the ingredients are supposed to be listed in any

particular order--by weight or % in the mix, for example....)?

Are the FDA's website and the information that's in the file section

sufficient? Or will the FDA's info. be outdated already with the IFRA

and EU continuously adding to their list? Will we need to

cross-reference many lists? Is there someone out there already

compiling this information for the industry?

~Jen