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Rule Coverage Summaryover 1,000 rules · over 3,000 detection patterns · 431 requirements▾

over 1,000

Total Rules

Federal · State · Retailer · Claims · Ingredient Hazards · Prop 65

over 3,000

Detection Patterns

Distinct problems those rules can catch: each banned substance, prohibited phrase, and alternative spelling of either.

431

Distinct Requirements

The obligations those rules enforce, counted as each source document enumerates them.

over 18,500

Matchable Ingredient Names

Name spellings a scan recognises by lookup, so a supplier’s name for a substance still reaches the rule that covers it.

The rule count is the full rule base exactly as our database stores it. Every figure on this page is United States coverage: federal, state and retailer requirements are what we screen, and no other market is covered.

Rule. One named check in our rule base, counted exactly as the database stores it: every federal, state, and retailer rule, every claim pattern, every ingredient-hazard entry, and every Proposition 65 listed chemical is one rule. A single statute can contribute many rules, one per substance name it reaches, so this figure is larger than the requirement count by design.

Detection pattern. One condition that can independently trip a violation of a rule: one named banned substance, one prohibited phrase, or one alternative spelling of either. A single rule can hold many - one retailer formaldehyde rule is tripped by 67 different releasers and synonyms - so this figure says how many distinct problems the rule base can catch you on, where the rule count says only how many named checks it is organised into. Required-element checks (is an ingredient list present, is the net quantity declared) count one each: the alternatives their matchers list are ways to comply, not problems. Substance spellings we recognise by name lookup are counted under matchable ingredient names instead, never twice.

Requirement. One obligation a label can independently fail, counted the way its own source document enumerates it: a CFR section, a state statute, one line of a retailer's published policy, one claim pattern, one ingredient-hazard category, or the Proposition 65 warning duty.

Matchable ingredient name. The distinct ingredient name spellings a scan recognizes by name lookup, not by pattern - every INCI name, trade name, systematic name and common name we know resolves to a substance our ingredient-hazard or Proposition 65 screens check for. A label rarely prints a chemical's official name, so this is what stands between 'DMDM Hydantoin' on a label and the formaldehyde-releaser rule that covers it. This is a name-recognition count, not a rule count: state, federal and retailer bans mostly match by pattern rather than a name list, so they sit outside this figure the same way they sit outside it in real matching.

The four figures count one rule base at four grains: the Proposition 65 screen alone is 903 rules under a single warning requirement, and the ingredient-hazard table is one rule per substance name across 9 hazard categories. Every scan additionally evaluates a fixed catalog of federal, state, claims, and OTC-boundary rules (the "rules evaluated" figure on your scan results); ingredient-hazard screening and retailer program checks run on top of that catalog. The regimes covered are listed below, with the statute behind each.

Active State Coverage20 states▾

How to read this table. 15 of the 20 states ban a chemical class, one encoded rule reaches every member of that chemical family in your ingredient declaration; the rest enumerate substances, screened by name.

Code	State	Governing law	What we screen
AR	Arkansas NAMED	Hair relaxer carcinogen and reproductive-toxicant warning labels (Act 964 of 2025; Ark. Code Ann. §20-56-224), in force since 2025	1 state rule · screened by name
CA	California PFAS CLASS	Prop 65 (H&SC §25249.6), Safe Cosmetics Program (SB 484), Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act sale ban (AB 2762, §108980), PFAS ban (AB 2771, §108981.5)	10 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
CO	Colorado PFAS CLASS	PFAS prohibition (HB 22-1345; C.R.S. §§25-15-601 to -604); hair relaxer carcinogen warning labels (Hair Product Transparency and Safety Act, HB 26-1135; C.R.S. §25-5-429, duty on and after Jul 1, 2027)	2 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
CT	Connecticut PFAS CLASS	PFAS label-and-notify (Conn. Gen. Stat. 22a-903c; Public Act 24-59; full ban Jan 1, 2028)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
HI	Hawaii NAMED	Reef-Safe Sunscreen, oxybenzone/octinoxate (Act 104; HRS §342D-21)	1 state rule · screened by name
IL	Illinois PFAS CLASS	Chemicals in Cosmetic Products Act (P.A. 104-0545, 410 ILCS 612; eff. Jul 1, 2028), PFAS Reduction Act cosmetics ban (P.A. 104-0231, 415 ILCS 170/45; eff. Jan 1, 2032), and mercury prohibition, in force since 2009 (Mercury-added Product Prohibition Act, 410 ILCS 46/22)	3 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
LA	Louisiana NAMED	Mercury limit 10 ppm in formulated products incl. cosmetics (La. R.S. 30:2576; 30:2573(A)(2); Mercury Risk Reduction Act)	1 state rule · screened by name
ME	Maine PFAS CLASS	PFAS in Products Act (LD 1537; 38 MRS §1614)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
MD	Maryland PFAS CLASS	PFAS ban (HB 643; Md. Health-General §21-259.2)	2 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
MN	Minnesota PFAS CLASS	PFAS ban, Amara's Law (Minn. Stat. §116.943); mercury prohibition (§116.92 subd. 8i); children's-product formaldehyde ban (§325F.177)	4 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
NH	New Hampshire PFAS CLASS	PFAS-added product ban, cosmetics (RSA 149-M:64, IV(b); PFAS per 40 C.F.R. 705.3; on and after Jan 1, 2027)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
NJ	New Jersey PFAS CLASS	PFAS class ban (N.J.S.A. 56:3-53 et seq.; P.L. 2025 c. 202; eff. Jan 12, 2028)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
NM	New Mexico PFAS CLASS	PFAS Protection Act - cosmetics sale ban (HB 212 §3(C)(3), 2025 N.M. Laws ch. 102; eff. Jan 1, 2028) and on-product PFAS mark (20.13.2.13 NMAC; eff. Jan 1, 2027)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
NY	New York NAMED	PFAS ban + Mercury restriction (Environmental Conservation Law §37-0117 / §37-0117(8))	3 state rules · screened by name
OR	Oregon PFAS CLASS	SB 546 cosmetics sale ban (Or. Laws ch. 575, §4; eff. Jan 1, 2027)	5 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
RI	Rhode Island PFAS CLASS	PFAS class ban in covered products incl. cosmetics (Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024; R.I. Gen. Laws 23-18.18-4(a); 23-18.18-3; eff. Jan 1, 2027)	1 state rule · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
VT	Vermont PFAS CLASS	PFAS ban (Act 131 / S.25; 9 V.S.A. §2494b)	5 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
VA	Virginia PFAS CLASS	Humane and Toxin-Free Cosmetics Act sale ban - 11 named substances and 13 enumerated PFAS (HB 122; Va. Code §59.1-574.2; eff. Jul 1, 2026)	2 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
WA	Washington PFAS CLASS	Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (RCW 70A.560, HB 1047), phthalates, PFAS, formaldehyde releasers (WAC 173-339)	5 state rules · including a whole-class PFAS matcher
WI	Wisconsin NAMED	Mercury prohibition in cosmetics, toiletries and fragrance products (Wis. Stat. 299.49(2)(f)5; 2009 Wis. Act 44)	1 state rule · screened by name

In the remaining 30 states, federal FDA 21 CFR labeling requirements still apply and are checked on every scan. State coverage expands as legislatures act, and we add jurisdictions on request. Request a state →

MoCRA (Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act)▾

Regime	What we screen
MoCRA labeling 21 U.S.C. § 364c, § 364e	The domestic adverse-event contact (checked on every scan as a blocking error), the professional-use statement, and a foreign-facility registration advisory that never fails a scan on its own. Most of MoCRA is not a labeling law: facility registration, product listing, safety substantiation, good manufacturing practice and adverse-event recordkeeping live in your filings and formulation file, where no label reader can see them, each is covered in Where Our Scope Ends with the route to satisfy it.

Regime

What we screen

MoCRA labeling

21 U.S.C. § 364c, § 364e

The domestic adverse-event contact (checked on every scan as a blocking error), the professional-use statement, and a foreign-facility registration advisory that never fails a scan on its own. Most of MoCRA is not a labeling law: facility registration, product listing, safety substantiation, good manufacturing practice and adverse-event recordkeeping live in your filings and formulation file, where no label reader can see them, each is covered in Where Our Scope Ends with the route to satisfy it.

Retailer Program Coverage6 programs▾

Retailer Program	What we check
Amazon Beauty	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements
Sephora	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements
Target	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements
Ulta Conscious Beauty	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements
Walmart	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements
Whole Foods Market Body Care	Screened against the program’s published banned-ingredient list and labeling requirements

California Proposition 65903 chemicals▾

The warning is often present but wrong, pre-2018 wording, or missing the required chemical name, URL, or symbol. We screen the warning's presence, its regulated format, and the entire OEHHA list: 903 listed chemicals (983 raw OEHHA listings, deduplicated; retrieved 2026-08-04), matched under the names a label actually prints, with 13 of the most cosmetically relevant also carried in the ingredient-hazard layer at violation severity. A listed-chemical match raises an advisory, never a violation, so a clean label produces none; qualified listings ("Talc containing asbestiform fibers", "Retinol/retinyl esters… in excess of 10,000 IU") are screened as written, so plain talc or retinol is not flagged on that basis alone. Sourced against Health & Safety Code §25249.6 and 27 CCR §25600 et seq.

Regulatory Sources Cited▾

FDA 21 CFR 700–740 (Cosmetics) FD&C Act §601–603 FPLA (15 U.S.C. §§1451–1461) 16 CFR 1500.3 (FHSA) CA Prop 65 (Health & Safety Code §25249.6) OEHHA Chemical List AR · ArkansasCA · CaliforniaCO · ColoradoCT · ConnecticutHI · HawaiiIL · IllinoisLA · LouisianaME · MaineMD · MarylandMN · MinnesotaNH · New HampshireNJ · New JerseyNM · New MexicoNY · New YorkOR · OregonRI · Rhode IslandVT · VermontVA · VirginiaWA · WashingtonWI · Wisconsin Amazon Beauty Policy Sephora Clean at Sephora Target Clean Policy Ulta Conscious Beauty Walmart Supplier Requirements

Ingredient-name validation uses the European Commission's CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing) to recognise official INCI names. © European Union, 1995–2026. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission does not endorse CPGShield or this use of its data. The California Proposition 65 list is published by OEHHA, and the Code of Federal Regulations is a US government edict; neither carries copyright.

Data Quality & Audit Methodology▾

Every ingredient-hazard entry is sourced from an official regulatory list (OEHHA, eCFR, state statutes and administrative codes, EUR-Lex). A line-by-line citation audit against primary sources is in progress; entries awaiting confirmation are flagged unverified in the product, with per-entry status visible in the Rule Library → Ingredient Hazards tab. Independent review by outside regulatory counsel is a separate, planned gate and has not yet occurred. Corrections: support@cpgshield.com.

Where Our Scope Ends, and What Comes Next▾

CPGShield reads what is on the label. These obligations live elsewhere: your formulation file, your FDA filings, a testing lab, where no label reader can see them. Each is listed below with the route to satisfy it:

Obligation	Why it is out of scope · what to do
Formula safety substantiation	A toxicological judgment about ingredients and use levels, made an explicit obligation by MoCRA. → Engage a cosmetic safety assessor; your contract manufacturer may already hold a safety assessment.
MoCRA registration & product listing	FDA account status, not printed on the label (the responsible-person contact is checked on every scan). → File through FDA Cosmetics Direct and calendar the renewal.
OTC drug labeling (sunscreen, acne, antiperspirant)	A Drug Facts panel moves the product to the OTC rulebook. We detect the panel and screen sunscreen items, but do not certify format under 21 CFR 201.66. → Have an OTC specialist review the panel against the monograph.
Markets outside the United States	US federal, state and retailer requirements are what we screen; no other market is covered. Entry into any other market carries its own registration, documentation and responsible-person requirements that we do not evaluate. → Engage a regulatory service for that market; treat each market separately.
Testing-dependent claims	SPF, broad-spectrum and water-resistance rest on test data we cannot see; we check the wording only. → Keep the test reports on file before the claim goes to print.
Country-of-origin marking	US Customs law, driven by where manufacturing occurred. → Confirm with your customs broker or importer of record.
Retailer terms beyond the 6 encoded programs	Buyer-specific vendor manuals are not published anywhere we can read. → Request the manual from each buyer; send us any published standard and we will evaluate it for encoding.

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