Disclosure lists, the 2026 rollout dates, and what shows up on your label.
An SDS is built for workplace and transport safety, not consumer allergen disclosure. Here is what each document actually tells you and what it leaves out.
Why a single Parfum entry used to be enough, what changed, and how the new allergen disclosure thresholds affect your ingredient list.
Unscented doesn't mean allergen-free. Masking fragrances and residual botanical compounds can still trigger disclosure at the new Canadian thresholds.
Orange, lemon, and bergamot oils carry more than limonene. Here is the fuller allergen picture makers need for accurate disclosure.
A practical map of common essential oils to the fragrance allergens they naturally carry, so you know what to check before testing.
A walkthrough of a typical fragrance allergen declaration, so the percentages and INCI names actually tell you something useful.
The two-step math from a supplier's percent-in-fragrance figure to the real percent-in-product number, worked through a leave-on example.
Where declared fragrance allergens sit inside a descending-order ingredient list, and the sequencing mistakes to avoid.
Where declared allergens like linalool and limonene sit relative to parfum on the label, and how INCI ordering handles these add-ons.
Lavender oil carries several fragrance allergens on its own, including linalool. Here is what you need to declare and at what thresholds.
List 2 fragrance allergen disclosure becomes mandatory in Canada on August 1, 2026. Here is what changes and what to file before then.
The same allergen from two different fragrances in one product must be added together before checking the disclosure threshold, not checked separately.
How rinse-off status and real fragrance load change your allergen math and label for cold process soap under Canada's new rules.
Why bar soap is classified rinse-off for allergen thresholds, and where lotion bars and cleansing balms complicate the answer.
A profile of linalool, why it shows up in so many natural fragrances, and why oxidized linalool is the real allergen concern.
List 2 fragrance allergen disclosure becomes mandatory in Canada on August 1 2026, and the supplier and relabeling work needed to get there takes longer than it looks.