You will need a lot of information provided by the manufacturer before you will be permitted to import the product. They will normally provide details of all ingredients, but if they have a secret or "proprietary" ingredient that they don't disclose, it will be found in testing, and you will be prohibited from importing the product.
This means that until you are certain that have have been honest with you, you should not spend money on samples. If you have obtained a sample, and the product is not patented, you can have it analyzed by an analytical laboratory for a few hundred dollars. You should remove labels or obtain an iron clad nondisclosure agreement so that the product won't be copied by a technician at the lab.
You will need to emphasize to your supplier the importance of full disclosure, but they don't have to disclose the ratios.
To find out what rules apply see: Canadian Cosmetic Rules . It will be complex but essential reading for you.
If and when you are ready to seriously think of importing the product, you might consider what my two books Global Sourcing and Labels that Exploit can do for you. In relation to both, I suggest that you don't import the packaging, you can find what you want in Canada.
Walter
This means that until you are certain that have have been honest with you, you should not spend money on samples. If you have obtained a sample, and the product is not patented, you can have it analyzed by an analytical laboratory for a few hundred dollars. You should remove labels or obtain an iron clad nondisclosure agreement so that the product won't be copied by a technician at the lab.
You will need to emphasize to your supplier the importance of full disclosure, but they don't have to disclose the ratios.
To find out what rules apply see: Canadian Cosmetic Rules . It will be complex but essential reading for you.
If and when you are ready to seriously think of importing the product, you might consider what my two books Global Sourcing and Labels that Exploit can do for you. In relation to both, I suggest that you don't import the packaging, you can find what you want in Canada.
Walter