FAQ
Questions candle makers actually ask
Eight answers, each tied to an official text. Where the honest answer is “it depends on the classification”, this page says so instead of inventing a rule.
Frequently asked questions
Is UK CLP different from EU CLP for a candle label?
They share the same label vocabulary: hazard statements, pictograms, signal words and the supplier block. They are separate legal regimes with separate amendment timetables, and HSE publishes the changes made to GB CLP.
The difference that catches most makers is administrative. A UFI and poison-centre information are required for hazardous consumer mixtures in the EU, while HSE describes the current GB collection scheme as voluntary and notes that different arrangements apply in Northern Ireland. Work to the market you place the product on.
What can I take from a safety data sheet?
Section 2 carries the classification and the label elements: hazard statements, pictograms and signal word. Section 3 carries the composition, which is where sensitisers and their concentrations come from.
The SDS is the supplier’s document and the authoritative starting point; the label is what you produce from it. The checker asks you to copy only what is written there, and to leave a box empty when the sheet does not answer it.
What is a UFI, and does a candle need one?
A UFI is a 16-character unique formula identifier that links a label to the composition information submitted for a hazardous mixture. In the EU it has been required on the label of a hazardous mixture for consumer use since 1 January 2020, and the same code identifies the submission.
In Great Britain, HSE describes the current NPIS collection scheme as voluntary and says Northern Ireland differs, so confirm the market before you print. The checker records your answer, leaves a placeholder when you are unsure, and never decides it for you.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/542 (Annex VIII), HSE: NPIS mixture information
Do I have to declare fragrance allergens on the label?
The legal trigger is a substance classified as a sensitiser present at 0.1 % or more in the finished product, which makes EUH208 apply: “Contains (name). May produce an allergic reaction.”
CLP does not publish a separate candle allergen panel, so the 26 names in the picker are the fragrance allergens EU cosmetics labelling required suppliers to declare, the list fragrance houses still quote. The number that decides it is the concentration in the product you sell, not in the neat oil, so ask your supplier for the finished-product percentage.
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP), Annex II 2.8 and Art. 25, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III
How big do the label and the pictograms have to be?
Annex I keys the label size to the capacity of the package: at least 52 × 74 mm up to 3 litres, 74 × 105 mm from 3 to 50 litres, and 105 × 148 mm above that. Net mass does not tell you the capacity of a jar, so the checker flags the measurement instead of guessing.
Each pictogram must cover at least one fifteenth of the label area and never be smaller than 1 cm².
Is there a small-package exemption for wax melts?
Article 29(2) and Annex I 1.5.2.1 allow hazard and precautionary statements to be omitted for packages of 125 ml or less, but only for a closed list of hazard categories. The pictogram and signal word rules still apply.
It is not a general small-label exemption, so whether it applies depends on the classification of the mixture. The checker surfaces the rule as something to verify rather than applying it for you.
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, Art. 29(2) and Annex I 1.5.2.1
Why won’t the tool say whether my label complies?
Compliance depends on the classification, and the classification depends on the full composition and the criteria in CLP: data this page does not have and does not apply. A verdict from a drafting aid would be a guess dressed as advice.
The tool structures the label once you know the classification, and its verify list sends the remaining questions to your supplier or your trading-standards authority. That is the honest division of labour.
Does it cost anything, and are there ads?
It is free and there is no account. No ads appear today: an application to show Google AdSense ads is pending, and ad code will only be added after Google approves the site and only with consent where required.
The checker itself runs locally and keeps working if you block every ad. The privacy note sets out the detail.
The full source table, with the date each document was checked, sits in the checker page. A statement that could not be confirmed there is not repeated here.