Public consultation on Hand dishwashing detergents 025
May 20 – August 8, 2025
During the consultation period, Nordic Ecolabelling gives you the opportunity to comment on our proposal for new criteria for Hand dishwashing detergents.
Nordic Ecolabelling are revising the requirements for hand dishwashing detergents. The product group includes liquid hand dishwashing detergents for consumer use or for professional use, including mix-it-yourself hand dishwashing products (such as tablets) but not including ready-to-use products.
You are welcome to respond to the proposal no later than 8. August 2025.
Consultation documents
How can response be sent in?
We look forward to receive your response via this form: RESPONSE FORM
You can give your response in English or your Nordic language.
A compilation of the consultation responses, with answers from Nordic Ecolabelling and the names of the responding organisations, will be published on the Nordic Swan Ecolabel web page.
Most important issues
- The new EUH hazard classes for endocrine disruptors, PBT/vPvB, and PMT/vPvM, and also STOT RE 1 and ozone are added to the prohibited classifications for ingoing substances
- The list of excluded substances is expanded with new substances/substance groups, and the definitions for potential or identified endocrine disruptors, microplastics and nanomaterials/-particles are updated
- In products for consumer use, the restricted fragrance substances, which are subject to declaration now includes the expanded list from the cosmetics regulation
- Protease/subtilisin and surfactants are no longer exempted from the long-term environmental effects requirement and M-factor is added to the calculation, but to accommodate for this the limit value has been increased significantly
- CDV and biodegradability calculations must be based on the DID-list version 2023 or later
- For rigid plastic packaging of PE and PP, the label must be made of the same plastic material as the container, and paper labels are no longer permitted at all
For more information about the consultation process in general, read here.
Your contact person on questions regarding the proposal is the Product Manager Lise Frank Axelsen lfa@ecolabel.dk.
Please note that consultation responses should not be submitted via this email address.