Bath & Body Product Labelling Requirement

Vendors who offer bath & body products for sale at the CBCM are expected to know how the Government of Canada's regulatory requirements for cosmetics affect their products.

The CBCM requires vendors to label all bath & body products.  Each and every bath & body item must include a label that includes the following information:

  • Vendor name
  • Vendor contact info (email, phone and/or address)
  • Common name of the product
  • Ingredients
  • Storage instructions (if applicable)
  • Date the product was prepared

The CBCM provides vendors with its experience based advice and its support, however, it is solely the vendor’s responsibility to be aware of and to comply with all federal, provincial, and municipal regulations. The CBCM will neither be responsible for advising vendors of these regulations, nor for any dealings with government officials that may conduct inspections.

Process for Selling Bath & Body Products at Markets

All bath & body products will be inspected by CBCM staff at each market to ensure all of the required information is included on the labels.

If products are not labelled, these products must be removed from display until labels containing all of the required information are affixed to the products.

If labels are present but missing information, these labels must be amended to contain the required details before being returned to display.

If a vendor repeatedly fails to comply with the bath & body labelling regulations the vendor will no longer be able to sell bath & body products through the CBCM.

Process for Selling Bath & Body Products Online and in Cheer Boxes

Approval:

Vendors must submit a photo or digital copy of their pre-packaged bath & body product label upon being accepted for sale in the online shop and inclusion in Cheer Boxes. 

Notes for Label Submission:

  • Vendors may need to create and submit the text for their label before they make the actual product
  • Note that the focus for approval is that the label includes all of the required information – the design of the label, logos, etc. is not a concern
  • The final product label can look different as long as it has the required information and is easy to read

Inspection:

When vendors drop off the products for Cheer Box and/or shop orders pick-up, the labels will be inspected to ensure all of the required information is included.

If labels are present but missing some information the vendor must either:

  • legibly hand write the missing information on the existing label

or

  • legibly hand write & apply new/supplementary labels before the product is accepted

If labels are missing entirely the vendor must legibly hand write labels and apply them to the product before the product is accepted.

If a vendor repeatedly fails to comply with the bath & body labelling regulations the vendor will no longer be able to sell bath & body products through the CBCM.