Packaging and labels must protect the product and satisfy regulators. This checklist helps you confirm both are right before you commit to a print and fill run.
Key takeaways
- Pack protects the formula and survives shipping.
- Label carries all mandatory information.
- Artwork reviewed against your market's rules.
Packaging checks
The format suits the formula (airless or opaque for sensitive actives), the pack is compatible with the product, and it survives transport and storage. Confirm fill weight and seal integrity.
Label content checks
Product name and function, net content, full INCI list, batch code, expiry or period-after-opening, and manufacturer or responsible-person details are all present and legible. For a fragranced product, check that the individually declarable fragrance allergens are on the list too — see how the fragrance allergen declaration is worked out, since the expanded EU list can add several lines to the panel.
Final review
Claims are truthful and supportable, required warnings are included, language matches the market (each destination adds its own mandatory particulars — see how the label changes when you take a product into EU, UK and US markets), and a regulatory contact has signed off the artwork before printing. For the production side of that sign-off — dielines, colour proofs and the order the approvals should happen in — follow our step-by-step walkthrough of getting packaging artwork print-ready.
Guidance compiled by the OEMHallmark research desk. Always verify current certifications, MOQs and terms directly with each manufacturer.