Sensitizing (allergenic) product
Level: Core
The purpose of this requirement is to reduce the risk of allergies in people who come in contact with hygiene and cleaning products. The core requirement excludes products classified as sensitizing.
Details
- Type:
- Technical specification
- ID:
- 10583:2
- Group:
- Chemical products
Criterion text
The product shall not be classified with the following hazard class and hazard statements in accordance with Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation), neither in EU-harmonized classification (in accordance with appendix VI in the CLP Regulation) nor in self-classification.
The product shall also not be subject to labelling requirements with the text "Contains (the name of the sensitizing substance). May cause an allergic reaction” (EUH208) according to the CLP Regulation.
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Classification in accordance with the CLP Regulation |
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Hazard class |
Hazard statement |
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Respiratory or skin sensitization |
H317, H334 |
Exceptions
Products where the labelling with EUH 208 is caused by the classification of the ingredient enzymes.
Concentrated detergents that are diluted at least 10 times with water by the user to the finished product if the user does not come into contact with the product during dilution.
Verification
The supplier shall, upon request, be able to present any of for example the following:
- Valid license for any of for example the following labels:
Good Environmental Choice for chemical products
Nordic Swan Ecolabel for Cleaning products (note that for generation 6 of the Nordic Swan criteria, this verification does not apply to wash polish/wash-and-wax floor care products)
Nordic Swan Ecolabel for Hand dish washing detergents
Nordic Swan Ecolabel for Dish washer detergents and rinsing agents
Nordic Swan Ecolabel for Laundry detergents and stain removers
EU Ecolabel for Hard surface cleaning products, (EU) 2017/1217
EU Ecolabel for Detergents for dishwashers, (EU) 2017/1216
EU Ecolabel for Industrial and institutional automatic dishwasher detergents, (EU) 2017/1215
EU Ecolabel for Hand dishwashing detergents, (EU) 2017/1214
EU Ecolabel for Laundry detergents, (EU) 2017/1218
EU Ecolabel for Industrial and institutional laundry detergents, (EU) 2017/1219
- The product’s safety data sheet.
Proposed follow-up
Labelling
If the requirement is verified with a label, check that there is a valid license for the product in question. This can be controlled here: Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Good Environmental Choice and EU Ecolabel.
Safety Data Sheet
This requirement can be verified with safety data sheets for the product. See section 2 “Hazard(s) identification” in the safety data sheet - the hazardous properties of the substance are listed here. Check that none of the specified hazard classes / hazard statements in the requirement are listed here.
Information about the criterion
Please note that this requirement cannot be used in combination with requirement-id 10584:3 Sensitizing substances.
This requirement can be verified with the product’s safety data sheet. More information on this can be found under “follow-up”. Labelling phrase EUH208 - “Contains (name of the sensitizing substance). May cause an allergic reaction.” can also be verified by labelling on the product tag or in its product information/product sheet.
The requirement is on product level. This means that there may be sensitizing substances in the product, in levels so low that the product is not classified as sensitizing. If you want to reduce the risk further, you should instead use the advanced requirement "Sensitizing substances" where the requirement is that ingredient substances in the product shall not be sensitizing.
Self-classification is covered by this requirement.
Environmental goals
Versions history
The version date indicates when the sustainability criterion was created or last updated. Last reviewed dated tells when we last checked that the sustainability criterion still is relevant.
- Current ID
- 10583:2
- Version date
- 2022-07-07
- Review date
- 2025-09-25
2022-07-07, Requirement ID 10583: 2: The exemption from the requirement updated. 2019-05-07, Requirement ID 10583: 1: The scope of the requirement has been extended to also include products with the phrase EUH208.