Regulatory calendar
The dates that change what a soap or cosmetics label has to say, or what a product may contain, in the EU, Great Britain, Canada, California and Australia. Each one links to the law or the regulator it comes from.
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2026
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Canada
Canada: 24 fragrance allergens on every label
Every cosmetic sold in Canada, new or already on the shelf, names the 24 fragrance allergens of Health Canada’s List 1 in its ingredient list when one is above 0.01 % in a rinse-off product, soap among them, or above 0.001 % in a leave-on one.
Source: Health Canada: Labelling of cosmetics · Fragrance & allergens
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Great Britain
Great Britain: “releases formaldehyde” above 0.001 %, and 4-MBC banned
A product with a preservative that releases formaldehyde carries the warning “releases formaldehyde” when the formaldehyde in the finished product is above 0.001 %, down from 0.05 %. The UV filter 4-MBC is banned. Stock placed on the market before 15 July 2026 may be sold until the end of 14 January 2027.
Source: legislation.gov.uk: SI 2026/23
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Canada
Canada: the full allergen list on new products
A new cosmetic sold in Canada from 1 August 2026 names the allergens of List 2, the 81 entries of the EU list, above the same 0.01 % and 0.001 %. Products already on sale have until 1 August 2028.
Source: Health Canada: Labelling of cosmetics · Fragrance & allergens
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EUNorthern Ireland
EU and Northern Ireland: the longer allergen list on new stock
A product placed on the market from 1 August 2026 names every fragrance allergen Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 added to the list, when one is above 0.01 % in a rinse-off product or above 0.001 % in a leave-on one. Several are essential oils themselves, lavender among them, so the oil is named as well as the allergens in it. Great Britain has not made this change.
Source: EUR-Lex: (EU) 2023/1545 · Fragrance & allergens
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EUNorthern Ireland
EU and Northern Ireland: “releases formaldehyde” on everything on sale
Since August 2024 a newly placed product with a preservative that releases more than 0.001 % formaldehyde into the finished product has carried the warning “releases formaldehyde”. From 1 August 2026 stock labelled under the old 0.05 % rule may no longer be sold either.
Source: EUR-Lex: (EU) 2022/1181
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Australia
Australia: AICIS annual declaration
A business registered with AICIS declares by 30 November what it imported or made in the registration year that ended on 31 August. A soap maker who makes soap in Australia from oils on the Inventory, and uses no more than 10 kg of each fat or oil in a registration year, may not need to register at all: AICIS’s soap-making page sets out the conditions. The reports page adds up each oil over an AICIS year.
Sources: AICIS: annual declaration · AICIS: soap making and importing · Reports
2027
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California
California: 26 more ingredients banned in cosmetics
From 1 January 2027 no cosmetic made or sold in California may contain 26 more ingredients, added on purpose. The ones a handmade maker may meet: lily aldehyde (Butylphenyl Methylpropional) in older fragrance oils, boric acid and borax, and oil from the seeds of bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). If you make Aleppo-style soap, ask your supplier what your laurel oil is pressed from.
Source: California Legislature: AB 496
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United States
Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire and Rhode Island: more cosmetic bans
From 1 January 2027 Washington bans the preservatives that release formaldehyde, Oregon bans ortho-phthalates, PFAS, formaldehyde releasers and six more chemicals, and New Hampshire and Rhode Island ban intentionally added PFAS. Some of these laws leave soap out and some do not. The restricted-ingredient check on the lye calculator and the label maker includes all of them and names the state each finding comes from.
Sources: Washington State Legislature: WAC 173-339 · Oregon State Legislature: ORS 431A.345 · New Hampshire General Court: RSA 149-M:64 · Rhode Island General Assembly: R.I. Gen. Laws §23-18.18-4 · Lye calculator
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IFRA
IFRA: the 52nd Amendment
IFRA expects to notify the 52nd Amendment to its Standards in January 2027. It applies to new fragrances 11 months after notification and to existing ones 30 months after, so certificates will change through 2027 and 2028. The IFRA figures on this site are the 51st Amendment’s until then.
Source: IFRA: 52nd Amendment · Fragrance & allergens
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United States
Vermont: styrene, D4 and toluene banned in cosmetics
From 1 July 2027 Vermont adds styrene, octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and toluene to the chemicals a cosmetic may not contain, on top of the list that has applied since 1 January 2026. Vermont’s law leaves out soap, but not the lotions, balms and bath products a soap maker may also sell.
2028
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United States
Connecticut and New Mexico: PFAS banned in cosmetics
From 1 January 2028 Connecticut and New Mexico ban intentionally added PFAS in cosmetics. Until then Connecticut allows them only with notice to the state and a label saying so. PFAS turn up in cosmetics as PTFE and as ingredients with “perfluoro” or “polyfluoro” in their names, which is what the restricted-ingredient check looks for.
Sources: Connecticut General Assembly: Conn. Gen. Stat. §22a-903c · New Mexico Legislature: HB 212 (2025)
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Canada
Canada: the full allergen list on everything on sale
From 1 August 2028 products that were on sale before August 2026 name the List 2 allergens too.
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EUNorthern Ireland
EU and Northern Ireland: the longer allergen list on everything on sale
Stock placed on the market before 1 August 2026 without the new allergen names may be sold until 31 July 2028. From 1 August 2028 everything on sale names them.
Source: EUR-Lex: (EU) 2023/1545
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United States
United States: an FDA rule on fragrance allergens
MoCRA, the 2022 cosmetics law, tells the FDA to name the fragrance allergens a cosmetic label must disclose. The FDA has not proposed the rule yet. A bar that is only soap, sold and labelled only as soap, is not a cosmetic under federal law; one that claims to moisturise or deodorise is.
Sources: FDA: MoCRA · FDA: soap FAQ
Every date here was checked against its source on 23 September 2026. This is not legal advice: the law’s own text is what counts, and each entry links to it.