Glossary · Regulation & Compliance
What Is SDS (Safety Data Sheet)?
A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is the standardized document communicating a material's hazards, safe handling, storage and emergency measures, formatted to a fixed sixteen-section structure. In cosmetics it is normally requested for raw materials and bulk product, and it supports transport, warehouse and workplace safety obligations rather than consumer labelling.
Why it matters when you source
SDS documents travel with the goods, not with the marketing file: your freight forwarder, warehouse or marketplace may ask for them before a finished-product claim is ever examined. Ask which SDS your factory issues — raw materials only, or bulk as well.
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